Liberia

This briefing paper focuses on Grand Gedeh County in southeast Liberia, one of the areas worst affected by conflict in the Mano River Union. It forms part of International Alert’s work to address the current gaps in knowledge and understanding between local actors in the leeward counties and those in Monrovia. Each briefing in this series aims to outline current security and justice needs and challenges in a particular county and advance constructive recommendations for ways in which national and international actors could address these challenges.

Briefing paper

This briefing paper focuses on Lofa County in northern Liberia, one of the areas worst affected by conflict in the Mano River Union. It forms part of International Alert’s work to address the current gaps in knowledge and understanding between local actors in the leeward counties and those in Monrovia. Each briefing in this series aims to outline current security and justice needs and challenges in a particular county and advance constructive recommendations for ways in which national and international actors could address these challenges.

Briefing paper

This briefing note seeks to contribute to the knowledge on Resolution 1325, building on International Alert’s work in the MRU region during the last few years. The first section briefly discusses the need to adjust the approach to implementing Resolution 1325 in challenging contexts such as post-conflict Sierra Leone and Liberia and conflict-prone Guinea. Based on a brief discussion of salient issues and thematic priorities across the three countries, the subsequent section sketches the contours of a comprehensive agenda for implementing Resolution 1325 in the MRU region.

Briefing note

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) has been one of the major legacies of the 14-year (1989-2003) regional conflict in the Mano River Union (MRU). In response, in 2008 International Alert and its partners designed an initiative targeting war-affected communities in nine border areas of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Full report

An appeal for support for the Liberia Peace and Cultural Festival from the President of Liberia and International Alert.

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The 3rd Peace and Cultural Festival was held in Ganta, Nimba County, in March 2007. Through dance, poetry, music, theatre and traditional arts, this Festival saw people from different cultural, linguistic and ethnic groups coming together to celebrate peace in a country that was torn apart by 14 years of conflict.

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International Alert has been working in Liberia since 1993 and continued its work during the years of Liberia’s brutal civil war, seeking to build trust to keep communities together. Fourteen years of civil war led to the death of over 200,000 people, widespread rape and gender-based violence and the displacement of almost half the population.

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Security and Justice from a District Perspective: Grand Gedeh

Richard Reeve with Jackson Speare
November 2010

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112010SecurityJusticeGrandGedeh.pdf

Security and Justice from a District Perspective: Bong

Richard Reeve with Jackson Speare
November 2010

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112010SecurityJusticeBongLiberia.pdf

Security and Justice from a District Perspective: Lofa, Liberia

Richard Reeve with Jackson Speare
November 2010

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112010SecurityJusticeLofaLiberia.pdf

During a recent community meeting in the north-western Liberian town of Vahun, in Lofa County, International Alert has been able to ascertain the positive impact its project on human security and gender-based violence has had on the communities in this part of Liberia.