talking with the big kids

about global warming. A distant concept in some ways to the country with the world's largest percentage of virgin rainforest. (I think this fact is correct)-- mostly because of Liberia's relatively undeveloped industrial economy. All this is changing now, however, as both US and Chinese governments arrive to "mobilize" the diamonds, timber, gold and minerals in the interior, as well as the oil off the coast.

Liberia--not Siberia

November 6th 2006
From Swaziland we searched again, fully and futilely for a non-flight transport mode to get to west Africa… We found a pleasure boat ride that could take us from Cape Town as far as Angola and drop us off, and we heard that from Accra you can take a motorboat to Monrovia, but the journey takes about three days and sometimes the boat capsizes. Walking and hitching was seen and recommended as a c ... read more

Africa » Liberia

In August 2003, a comprehensive peace agreement ended 14 years of civil war and prompted the resignation of former president Charles TAYLOR, who was exiled to Nigeria. The National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) - composed of rebel, govern... ... read more

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