Liberia: MRU Leaders Convene in Conakry

Diplomacy took center stage in the Mano River Union basin on Monday, March 16, when leaders of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea rushed to Conakry in an urgent bid to defuse a rapidly escalating border dispute between Liberia and Guinea–an incident that many warn could threaten stability in a region that only recently emerged from decades of conflict.

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and Julius Maada Bio arrived in the Guinean capital for high-level consultations with Guinea President Mamadi…