Liberian ex-soldiers riot, clash with U.N. police
U.N. and Liberian police fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse hundreds of rioting former soldiers who were protesting against arrears in the payment of demobilisation packages, witnesses said. At least four of the ex-combatants were arrested in the riot which brought chaos to the northern Paynesville district of Monrovia, the seaside capital of Africa’s oldest republic which was established by freed slaves from America in 1847. Full Story