Liberia/Sierra Leone: Rebuilding failed states

A fresh strategy towards peacekeeping is needed in Liberia and Sierra Leone if both are not to remain shadow states, vulnerable to new fighting and state failure, argues the International Crisis Group (ICG) in a new report. "The international community needs to make genuinely long-term commitments - not two to five years, as at present, but on the order of fifteen to 25 years - to enable new political forces to develop," said the report.