Peacekeepers move into Monrovia

A long-heralded peacekeeping force rolled into Liberia’s rebel-besieged capital to deafening welcome by the Monrovia’s desperate people today.

Travelling from their base at an airport 30 miles from Monrovia, more than 100 Nigerian peacekeepers drove into the war-ruined city in white armoured personnel carriers, trucks and 4X4s.