Liberia

• I-80 victim's sister planning on bringing her home to Liberia

  ROCK ISLAND - The victims who were struck and killed on Interstate 80 near Leclaire last week couldn't call for help from their cell phone because they had run out of pre-paid minutes.

20-year old Miata Gayflorsee and 19-year old Cyrus WIlson were hit by a car while walking along the interstate March 11th. Her sister, Irene Blackston says they were driving to work, but missed an exit. Full story...

• Technology helps Liberia turn the page on 'blood timber'
  

  MONROVIA (AFP) – Liberia's rainforests, once ravaged for blood timber sold to fund one of Africa's bloodiest civil wars, are being primed as a lucrative and legal industry using cutting-edge tracking technology.

  One by one an electronic tag -- similar to bar codes used on consumer products -- is attached to trees in the thick woodlands covering 45 percent of the West African nation, a painstaking process that will allow consumers to trace the end-product right back to the stump. Full story...

• Cletus Sieh, Appointed Minister of Information

  (MONROVIA, LIBERIA - February 24, 2010): President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has made a number of appointments in Government, affecting the Ministry of Information Culture and Tourism.

  Mr. Cletus Sieh, has been appointed Minister of Information, Culture Affairs and Tourism, while Mr. Norris Tweah, becomes Deputy Minister for Administration; Mrs. Elizabeth Hoff, Deputy Minister for Technical Affairs; and Mr. Jerelimick Piah, Deputy Minister for Public Affairs. Full story...

• Leadership of Demobilized AFL Soldiers Assure President Sirleaf of Unwavering Support

• Dr. J. Chris Toe sues Frontpage Africa for Libel

• Internal Affairs Minister-Johnson Resigns

• Armed Robbery in Liberia: A Symptom of A Nation's Unenlightened Youth Mired in Poverty without any Hopes, Dreams and Opportunities
  

• LPRC Gets New Managing Director

• Research and Markets: Liberia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

• President. Sirleaf Appeals for Unity As National Legislature Resumes Session

• Liberia's amputee footballers: from civil war to African champions
  

• Liberian Cabinet Ministers In Performance Review

• Sime Darby Take-Over Guthrie Rubber Plantations

• Zoning Council Constituted

Africa

• Nigerian web first-timers long to be 'part of the world'

  The world has become smaller. The connections established by e-mail and websites have significantly shortened the distances between people. We can live in London and shop in Johannesburg; we can be based in Brussels and run a business out of Mumbai.

  Nicholas Madaki gets connected for the first time
  Trying to get connected was a frustrating experience for Nicholas. Photo: Thomas Amter

  The internet has become a constant and inescapable part of our lives. But what would life be like without e-mail, Facebook, or Skype? Full story...

• Ethiopia admits jamming VOA radio broadcasts in Amharic
  

  Ethiopia has admitted it is jamming the Voice of America's (VOA) broadcasts in Amharic, accusing the radio station of engaging in "destabilising propaganda".

  Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Ethiopia had been testing jamming equipment, although there had been no formal decision to bloc the US station.

  The Amharic Service has experienced interference since late February.

  Mr Meles also compared the VOA's transmissions to broadcasts in Rwanda in the mid-1990s that incited genocide. Full story...

• Nigeria recalls Libya ambassador in Gaddafi row
  

  Nigeria has recalled its ambassador to Libya after leader Muammar Gaddafi suggested Nigeria be divided into two states - one Christian and one Muslim.

  The foreign ministry said the Libyan leader's statement was "irresponsible". Earlier in the week a senator had called Col Gaddafi a "mad man". Full story...

• Divide Nigeria in two, says Muammar Gaddafi
  

  Nigeria should be divided into two nations to avoid further bloodshed between Muslims and Christians, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said.

  In a speech to students, he praised the example of India and Pakistan, where he said partition saved many lives.

  Splitting Nigeria "would stop the bloodshed and burning of places of worship," state news agency Jana quoted him as saying. Full story...

• Darfur: Bashir genocide charges to be reconsidered
  

• Guinea junta blames Toumba Diakite for massacre
  

• Fortress Breaks through Cement Oligopoly - Ships 100,000 Metric Tons of Cement to Cameroon, Central Africa

• Guinea junta leader Camara should be tried - UN

• Guinea aide admits shooting junta leader Camara