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ECOWAS Calls for Restraint as Mano River Border Tensions Rise
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Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone committed themselves to resolving their border disputes through "dialogue" and "diplomatic means", while Conakry deployed troops on Sunday at its border with Liberia, according to a statement read Monday evening 16 March on Guinean national television.
This Monday, March 16, 2026, Guinea's capital is the scene of a major diplomatic meeting. The President of the Guinean transition, General Mamadi Doumbouya, called his Liberian and Sierra Leonean counterparts to try to defuse the tensions observed in recent weeks along their common borders. An initiative welcomed by the observers, both the situation in this strategic area of West Africa worried the capitals of the subregion.
Unprotected Border Crossings Leave Lofa Villages Vulnerable - Liberia news The New Dawn Liberia, premier resource for latest news
By Emmanuel Wise Jipoh Sorlumba, Foya District, Lofa County, March 17, 2026 – More than 150 residents of Mahcustom, a border village in Foya District, Lofa County, are living in fear and displacement following a recent confrontation involving Guinean soldiers and Liberian youths at the Sorlumba port entry point along the Liberia–Guinea border. Residents say over 17 illegal and unprotected border crossing points exist in the area without the pres…
ECOWAS calls for restraint as Mano River border tensions rise
By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent Key highlights include: The symbolic removal of the Liberian flag at the Sorlumba Port of Entry. The expansion of the regional mission’s scope due to “additional complexities” on the ground. The regional casualties and the impact on local infrastructure projects. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has officially expressed concern regarding the escalating border tensions b…
BOAKAI HEADS TO CONAKRY FOR CRISIS TALKS AS LIBERIA-GUINEA BORDER TENSIONS MOUNT
MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai on Monday, March 16, 2026, departed Monrovia for Conakry, Guinea, where he will participate in high-level regional talks aimed at addressing rising tensions along the Liberia–Guinea border in Lofa County. The meeting comes amid growing concerns over reported confrontations between Guinean troops and Liberian civilians near the disputed frontier. The summit will bring together President Boakai, Mamady Doum…
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