“There is No reason for us to be poor,” says Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

A strong economy that will respond to the needs of the people, a balanced development throughout the country, people participating in decision making so that they become whole stakeholders in their society. Our population is small in a small country. We have been blessed with tremendous natural resources. There is no reason for us to be poor. My motto is Growth For Development.

U.S. Seeks Arrest of Ex-Liberia Leader

UNITED NATIONS - The United States has circulated a resolution calling on U.N. peacekeepers in Liberia to arrest former Liberian President Charles Taylor if he returns and hand him over to the war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone for prosecution.