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West African peacekeepers were today to build up their strength at
Liberia's main airport in preparation for a risky mission to bring
stability and humanitarian aid to its wartorn capital Monrovia.
Loyalist troops and rebels were locked in a tense standoff
yesterday in the Liberian capital Monrovia, a city gripped by
hunger and menaced by disease, on the eve of the arrival of west
African...
Charles Taylor, who has bowed to intense pressure and announced he
will step down as Liberia's president on August 11, is a
charismatic but brutal former warlord who masterminded conflicts in
west...
West African envoys arrived here yesterday to press Liberian
President Charles Taylor to step down and go into exile in Nigeria,
as a new mortar attack hit the war-wracked capital.
The US is ready to provide financial backing for a west African
peacekeeping force in Liberia, the undersecretary of state for
Africa, Walter Kansteiner, said yesterday.
Liberian rebels yesterday stepped up their attack on two key
bridges that would allow access to the centre of Monrovia and the
seat of President Charles Taylor's power, turning down US requests
for...