Liberia

The Republic of Liberia, is a country on the west coast of Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and the Atlantic Ocean. There are living approximately 3,489,072 people. The size is abou 111,370 square kilometers. Liberia has a hot equatorial climate. Most rainfall arrives in summer with harsh harmattan winds in the dry season. Liberia's populated Pepper Coast is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the sparsely populated inland is forested, later opening to a plateau of drier grasslands.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the current President of Liberia.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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, government, and civil society groups - assumed control in October 2003. Chairman Gyude BRYANT, who was given a two-year mandate to oversee efforts to rebuild Liberia, heads the new government. The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), which maintains a strong presence throughout the country, completed a disarmament program for former combatants in late 2004, but the security situation is still volatile and the process of rebuilding the social and economic structure of this war-torn country remains sluggish.