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Jan 17, 2008 Liberia: Firestone Challenge Advances
Workers at the Firestone Rubber Plantation in Liberia have for the
first time won representation under a free union vote, throwing out
the officials of a company-controlled union. The vote took place in
July last year, but it took two court decisions and an unauthorized
strike before officials finally agreed to negotiate with the new
union and hand over their company-collected union dues. The union
recognition is only a first step, however, in changing a system of
brutal exploitation of child labor and virtual bondage for the
rubber tappers.
Aug 1, 2007 USA/Africa: Questioning AFRICOM, 1
With the nomination in July of General William E. Ward as the first
chief of the new U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), the long-discussed
new command took another step toward full operation, now scheduled
for October 2008. But the controversy about what this military
reorganization means for U.S. military involvement in Africa is
just beginning.
Feb 9, 2007 Liberia: Debt Cancellation Overdue
Demonstrators delivered over 10,000 Valentine cards to the U.S.
Treasury this week asking the U.S. Treasury Secretary to "have a
heart" and cancel Liberia's debt. With the Liberia Partners' Forum
in Washington scheduled for next week, even the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that the debt is unsustainable. But
more than a year after President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf took office,
Liberia is still being asked to repay arrears on accumulated debt.
Mar 19, 2006 Liberia: Johnson Sirleaf in New York, Washington
Oct 10, 2005 Liberia: Elections Necessary, Not Enough
Dec 12, 2004 Liberia-Sierra Leone: Consolidating Peace?
Nov 12, 2003 Liberia: Peace Process Implementation
Recent Bulletins on Continent-Wide Issues
May 13, 2013 Africa: Rise of the Global South
Apr 19, 2013 Africa: Towards Structural Transformation?
Apr 2, 2013 Africa: The Industrialization Agenda
Feb 5 2013 Africa: Towards Reality-Based Talk
Jan 31, 2013 Africa: Press Freedom Index
Dec 20, 2012 Africa: Books New & Notable
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Africa Policy E-Journal (1995-2003)
2003-09-28 Liberia: UN Peacekeeping
2003-07-29 Liberia: Peacekeepers Still Awaited
2003-07-03 Liberia: Waiting for Washington
2003-06-26 Liberia: War Escalates, White House Indifferent to Crisis
2003-06-01 Liberia: Churches call for Peace Support
2002-02-05 Liberia: Elections and Human Rights
1997-12-11 Liberia: Human Rights Report
1997-08-16 Liberia: Election Commentary
1997-06-29 Liberia: FOL Testimony
1996-12-23 Liberia: FOL Report, 2
1996-12-23 Liberia: FOL Report, 1
1996-10-02 Liberia: JPC Update
1996-07-29 Liberia: WOA Update/Alert
1996-05-27 Liberia: Recent Documents, 2
1996-05-27 Liberia: Recent Documents, 1
1996-04-29 Liberia: WOA Letter to Clinton
1996-04-11 Liberia: Action/B'ground Docs,2
1996-04-11 Liberia: Action/B'ground Docs,1
1996-01-29 Liberia: UN Report (excerpts)
1995-10-22 Liberia: More U.S. Support Needed
1995-09-16 Liberia: U.S. Policy (part 2)
1995-09-16 Liberia: U.S. Policy (part 1)
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