The UN Security Council has extended Liberia’s timber export ban by a further six months.
The unanimous vote in favour of continuing the sanctions was largely due to the Liberian government’s inability to police illegal logging, the surfacing of murky government contracts and former president Charles Taylor’s ongoing meddling in the country’s affairs.
A timber ban was imposed two years ago after the security council concluded Mr Taylor was using timber revenues to buy arms.
The council urged the Liberian government to hire international security companies to police the logging and mining industries.
