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Liberia`s Sirleaf wins 90 % in boycotted vote

Last Updated: Thursday, November 10, 2011, 20:54

Opposition leader Winston Tubman said he would not accept the outcome of this week`s presidential runoff.

Violence, boycott cast gloom over Liberia`s run-off

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 14:58

Johnson-Sirleaf is set to secure a second term in the poll.

Deadly riot breaks out in Liberia day before vote

Last Updated: Monday, November 7, 2011, 20:36

At least one person is dead in Liberia after rioting broke out at the headquarters of the country`s main opposition party one day before a presidential runoff.

Liberia President`s lead narrows in vote count

Last Updated: Sunday, October 16, 2011, 21:17

Liberian election officials say the President`s lead has decreased in the latest vote count.

Liberia President extends lead, short of majority

Last Updated: Saturday, October 15, 2011, 11:55

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf now leads with 45.4 percent of the votes in Liberia`s second presidential vote since its civil war.

Voting smooth as Liberians choose President

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 23:17

The election pits the newly named Nobel peace laureate against former UN diplomat Winston Tubman and 14 others.

Liberia`s Johnson-Sirleaf seeks new term in polls

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 10:57

Liberians vote on Tuesday in the West African state`s second presidential election since a civil war, with international appeals for rival supporters to stay peaceful during the hotly-contested poll.

Oil from stuck ship turns up on New Zealand beach

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 09:13

Forecasts of heavy ocean swells Monday thwarted marine crews trying to pull oil from a leaking ship stuck on a reef off New Zealand`s coast

Nobel Peace: Indian women police squad elated

Last Updated: Sunday, October 9, 2011, 13:08

An elite squad of these AK-47 totting women personnel keep a round-the-clock vigil on the office of the President.

Nobel Peace Prize goes to three women

Last Updated: Friday, October 7, 2011, 14:39

Nobel peace prize has been awarded to two Liberian and one Yemeni women for their contribution to women`s rights.

Military official says 23 killed in Ivory Coast

Last Updated: Monday, September 19, 2011, 20:54

The attackers are believed to be militiamen allied with ex-president Laurent Gbagbo who lost last year`s election.

15 killed in Ivory Coast villages near Liberia

Last Updated: Saturday, September 17, 2011, 22:11

Ivory Coast`s defense minister says armed men from Liberia have attacked villages along the border, killing 15 people.