African Studies
Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
Call for Papers: Utafiti is inviting you to submit your manuscript – any topic in the humanities - for consideration in the next issues.
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Liberia's recovery from over two decades of political chaos and war continued to be a protracted affair. On 20 September, the Security Council extended by a further year the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia, UNMIL (United Nations Mission in Liberia), originally established in 2003. At the same time, the Security Council decided to reduce the 14,000-strong military force by 2,450 and cut 498 positions from the 1,000-strong police contingent. The drawdown of military and security personnel would be reviewed in 2010. In view of the fact that the incumbent president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, began her six-year term in January 2006, the decision to retain a substantial UN mission suggested that Liberia's political stability was expected to be reasonably secure for the next two or three years.