The News Review:

- Since It Ruined Liberia, US Should Help Fix It
- UN OKs Peacekeeping Force in Liberia
- Libya: Al-Qadhafi, president of Sierra Leone discuss Liberia.
- Sankoh’s body handed to family
- ACNS3533 High quality photographs from the Archbishop of
- LWF Council 2003, Press Release No. 1

Since It Ruined Liberia, US Should Help Fix It
Arab News – Aug 2, 2003
Whatever the theoretical rights and wrongs, the combination of a UN military presence and an independent expeditionary force has worked so far in Sierra Leone. The French case in Ivory Coast is different again, but still shows the former metropolitan country ready to respond to an emergency in a former colony. Although the US stands in an essentially similar relationship to Liberia as Britain does to Sierra Leone, and more distantly, as France does to its former colonies in West Africa, it has consistently avoided the duties implicit in that relationship. In spite of its enormous influence there, the US never seriously urged reform on the elite of freed slave families who were Liberia’s settler and ruling class until 1980. Without much consideration, Washington decided that the brutal and incompetent regime of Samuel Doe which was then installed in Monrovia was not only acceptable, but deserved substantial aid, and that its rigging of elections in 1985 was a step toward democracy. “Great powers don’t reject their partners just because they smell,” said Chester Crocker, the then assistant secretary of state for African Affairs, quoted in Mark Huband’s book on Africa after the Cold War. As rebels closed in on Doe in 1990, the US did try to persuade him to leave the country, a move which might or might not have helped, and America did encourage and fund — as it is doing today, a West African peacekeeping force.

UN OKs Peacekeeping Force in Liberia
FOXNews – Aug 2, 2003
Liberia was founded in the 19th century by freed American slaves and retained close cultural ties to the United States. It has been engulfed in intermittent conflict since Taylor launched a civil war in 1989. The resolution adopted Friday authorizes the Sierra Leone mission to provide logistical support to the ECOWAS force for 30 days. officials said they expect the Nigerian battalion now in Sierra Leone as part of the U… officials said they expect the Nigerian battalion now in Sierra Leone as part of the U. force to be the first to arrive in Liberia. The United States will transport the second Nigerian battalion, which should put about 1,500 troops in the country, a U.

Libya: Al-Qadhafi, president of Sierra Leone discuss Liberia.
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 2, 2003
Libya: Al-Qadhafi, president of Sierra Leone discuss Liberia. (02-AUG-03) Asia Africa Intelligence Wire.
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Sankoh’s body handed to family
BBC News – Aug 2, 2003
Sankoh, an indicted war crimes suspect blamed for one of Africa’s most horrific civil wars, died on Tuesday while in the custody of the UN-backed war crimes court. An autopsy conducted by UN doctors concluded he died from respiratory failure due to a pulmonary embolism. Sankoh is expected to be buried on Sunday, Reuters news agency reported. UN authorities provided a varnished wood coffin for the return of his remains to his family, the Associated Press news agency reported.
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ACNS3533 High quality photographs from the Archbishop of
Worldwide Faith News – Worldwide Faith News (press release) – Aug 2, 2003
6 Wherever the Archbishop went he was received with great enthusiasm andgratitude for making West Africa his first Archi-Episcopal Pastoral visit asArchbishop of Canterbury. 7 Traditional dance and ceremonies greeted the Archbishop of Canterbury andMrs Jane Williamson many of the stops they made during their visit to West Africa. 8 A splendid welcome at Freetown, Sierra Leone, as civic officials presentthe key to the cityand the designation of Archbishop Rowan as a Freeman of Freetown. 9 The Church of the Holy Trinity in Sierra Leone was destroyed during thewar that inflictedthe people of this place for so long. A dramatic plea to help rebuild theChurch was heard. 10 The welcome in Kumasi. 11 The Archbishop of Canterbury hoists the Compass Rose Flag at the DiocesanCentre in The Gambia… 7 Traditional dance and ceremonies greeted the Archbishop of Canterbury andMrs Jane Williamson many of the stops they made during their visit to West Africa. 8 A splendid welcome at Freetown, Sierra Leone, as civic officials presentthe key to the cityand the designation of Archbishop Rowan as a Freeman of Freetown. 9 The Church of the Holy Trinity in Sierra Leone was destroyed during thewar that inflictedthe people of this place for so long. A dramatic plea to help rebuild theChurch was heard. 10 The welcome in Kumasi. 11 The Archbishop of Canterbury hoists the Compass Rose Flag at the DiocesanCentre in The Gambia. 12 Dr Archbishop Williams greets 10 year old Judah, a Liberian refugeeat the Anglican run centre for refugees in The Gambia.

LWF Council 2003, Press Release No. 1
Worldwide Faith News – Worldwide Faith News (press release) – Aug 2, 2003
Dr Walter Altmann, Evangelical Church of theLutheran Confession in Brazil; World Service * Rev. Barnett, Evangelical Lutheran Church in SierraLeone. The Council also approved the distribution of its members to the respectiveprogram committees. The governing body resolved that the Executive Committeein consultation with the member churches will appoint up to 23 Advisors tothe Council at its February 2004 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. (The LWF is a global communion of Christian churches in the Lutherantradition. Founded in 1947 in Lund (Sweden), the LWF now has 136 memberchurches in 76 countries representing over 61.