Ivorian government forces vowed to hunt down those responsible for an ambush that killed at least seven United Nations peacekeepers as Liberia sealed its border amid fears that the gunmen had used the country to stage the attack.

Three women have won the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of the importance of women’s roles in the spread of global peace, writes Bjoern Amland.

THE Liberian government accused rebels yesterday of mounting a fresh offensive and US helicopters prepared for a mission outside the capital Monrovia to help peacekeepers move into rebel areas.

LIBERIA’S main rebel group yesterday gave up their claim to the vice-presidency in a new government, a condition which had threatened ongoing peace talks, according to a spokesman for the insurgents.

LIBERIAN President Charles Ghankay Taylor — known as “Pappy” to his band of child soldiers — is a wanted man in West Africa.

Liberia’s main rebel group are walking out of peace talks, accusing the top mediator of letting President Charles Taylor slip out of a pledge to give up power.

Liberia’s government appeared to be backtracking today on a peace deal that would see warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor give up power.

The Liberian government and rebels signed a ceasefire pact today to halt an escalating three year rebellion that has brought fighting close to the west African nation’s capital.

The Liberian government has called on all the country’s soldiers to report for duty as the military continues to battle with armed rebels who are advancing on the west African nation’s capital, Monrovia.

The UN Security Council has imposed sanctions against Liberia for failing to sever its ties with rebels in Sierra Leone.

Fighting between government and dissident forces is spreading in Liberia's troubled northern Lofa County, on the border with Guinea.