The French Foreign Minister, Dominique de Villepin, has called for the deployment of a multi-national force to Liberia to end fighting in the West African nation.
| "Just like we have in the Congo..." |
The BBC reports, a ceasefire in the country appears to be holding after two days of clashes between government and rebel forces for control of the capital, Monrovia. As many as a quarter of a million people are living rough in the centre of Monrovia; those who fled their homes and got trapped between the frontline and the ocean. The Liberian Government says it will begin to bus thousands to the area around the main sports stadium which has become the focus of aid activities. It hopes to start food handouts there. The Information Minister, Reginald Goodrich, says another team are looking for sites for new refugee camps. Tens of thousands of refugees from other wars fled their temporary homes on the edge of the city as the fighting moved through that area.
| My personal preference would be to see LURD win and Chuck doorknob dead. Get rid of one problem before dealing with another. But if the avoidance of war is a goal in itself, then you're really into ceasefires; that way the agony can be drawn out for years and years, with the final result being the same thing, only with a higher corpse count... |
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