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"The United
States congratulates the people of Liberia for their
determination, ingenuity, and commitment to peace and democracy
that has made this possible," National Security Council
spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.
"Liberia has worked to overcome not only the scars of war but
also the challenge of responding to an unprecedented outbreak of
Ebola," he said.
Obama revoked the executive order on Liberia that was imposed in
July 2004 in response to the threat posed to U.S. foreign policy
by Liberia's president at the time, Charles Taylor.
Taylor began the 1989-2003 civil war that killed nearly 250,000
people in Liberia, a nation founded by descendants of freed
American slaves. He was sentenced in 2012 to 50 years in prison
for his role in atrocities committed in neighboring Sierra Leone
during its civil war in the 1990s.
Last month, the U.N. National Security council ended some
sanctions on Liberia, including a travel ban and asset freeze on
those deemed a danger to its stability.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Eric Beech and Leslie
Adler)
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