The Liberian government says it is concerned about the high number of children adopted from the country in recent years and brought to the United States. The government also says it has discovered that some of the children have ended up either as prostitutes or working in menial labor.

The Liberian government says it is concerned about the high number of children adopted from the country in recent years and brought to the United States.

Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Monday will address the national legislature and the Liberian people on the state of the country. Information Minister Lawrence Bropleh said the president will tell members of parliament that the state of the country under her two-year leadership is secured with an economy that is getting stronger by the day.

Beginning Monday, Liberians can start applying for licenses to mine, sell, or broker for diamonds. This follows the weekend lifting of a six-year moratorium on the trade in diamonds.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and France have donated nearly $400,000 worth of anti-malaria drugs to Liberia in a move immediately welcomed by the Government.

The World Bank Board of Directors approved on June 14 an International Development Association (IDA) grant of US$5 million to support the basic emergency needs of the population and help stabilize the social and political situation in Liberia.

The World Bank Board of Directors approved on June 14 an International Development Association (IDA) grant of US$8.5 million to support the Government's National Health Plan.

The war crimes trial of Charles Taylor, the notorious former Liberian president, begins on Monday with opening arguments in The Hague before the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL).

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf opened 10 diamond screening and evaluation offices across Liberia, marking the first step toward restarting the industry in the war-decimated West African country following the removal of a six-year ban by the United Nations.

The U.N. Security Council has lifted its embargo on Liberia's diamond exports. From U.N. headquarters, VOA's Peter Heinlein reports the action clears the way for creation of thousands of new jobs as it means Liberia's lucrative diamond industry can now resume.