Short URL: http://tnot.es/LR - National Anthem of Liberia.
Liberia's coastline stretches from the Mano River in the
north-west to the River Cavally in the south-east; almost 600 kilometres.
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Liberia, Spoken Language in Liberia.
Countries neighbouring Liberia are: Sierra
Leone, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire.
Liberia was born out of the American Colonisation Society, founded
in 1816 to resettle freed American slaves in Africa.
Native rulers granted an area of land to US representatives for this
purpose.
The site was Cape Mesurado, at the mouth of the St Paul River.
The new colony was christened Liberia (liberty) and the Cape Mesurado
settlement, Monrovia; in honour of United States President, James Monroe.
Liberia became an independent republic in July 1847.
Liberia's low registry costs make it a popular flag of convenience
for merchant shipping.
The flag of Liberia can be seen on many tankers around the world.
The US dollar is also legal tender in Liberia, and is preferred by
many.
Getting around Liberia can be difficult because much of the
country's infrastructure was neglected during the battle years of the nineties.
The official language of Liberia is English, although it is only
spoken by about 20 per cent of the people.
The rest of the Liberians speak various African languages.
Liberia News:
Latest Liberian news from the All Africa channel.
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Aims to confront the issues head on by concentrating on telling the truth, exposing the
root causes, underlining contributing factors and identifying the class divisions which
are the undercurrent of the various problems in Liberia.
World News Network - Liberia:
Collecting links to news stories relating to Liberia. Also hosts the Liberia Post and other Africa news domains.
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