Liberian President Appears Unwilling to Take up Asylum Offer

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Liberian President Appears Unwilling to Take up Asylum Offer

Liberian President Charles Taylor appears unwilling to take up the offer to allow him to seek asylum in Nigeria, said a Nigerian presidential spokesman Tuesday.

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Liberian President Charles Taylor appears unwilling to take up the offer to allow him to seek asylum in Nigeria, said a Nigerian presidential spokesman Tuesday.

Also on Tuesday, South African President Thabo Mbeki said at a press briefing in Pretoria that Taylor would hand power over to his vice-president Moses Blah next Monday.

Meanwhile, rebels of Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) claimed that even if they withdrew from Monrovia's port they would not pull out of the capital before leaves the country.

"As long as he is here, I will not leave Bushrod Island," said the rebel commander, Major-General Seyea Sheriff, at his headquarters near the port in the district known as Bushrod Island.

Considering the current crisis in Liberia, the international community have decided to send peacekeeping forces to the west African country. The first contingent of Nigerian peacekeeping troops arrived in Liberia last Monday, marking the start of an international peacekeeping mission in the war-torn country.

Nigeria, the strongest powerhouse in West Africa, is the main military to take charge peacekeeping mission in the sub-region.

The civil war over the past decade has made Liberia among the most miserable places in the world and the latest unrest since 1998 has forced some 300,000 Liberians to flee to neighboring countries and claimed thousands more lives.

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