
STATE DEPARTMENT TRAVEL ADVISORY - Liberia
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LIBERIA - WARNING
 March 5, 1992

The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to defer all
nonessential travel to Liberia.  A tenuous ceasefire continues to
hold among the former warring factions in the civil war, and
progress towards a permanent solution has been made.  The West
African Peace Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) provides security only in
the city of Monrovia.  There has been a limited deployment of ECOMOG
forces to some locations outside of Monrovia.  The Department of
State warns U.S. citizens to avoid travel into Liberia's interior,
except as approved by the National Patriotic Front of Liberia
(NPFL), and even then, special caution is advised as prior NPFL
permission may not be honored.  NPFL approval for travel into the
interior may be by an actual permit, a phone call to the traveler's
destination, or escort by a member of the NPFL.

Presently, only two partially-open roads lead from Monrovia into
areas of the country controlled by the NPFL:  The Monrovia-Kakata
Road and the Monrovia-Bomi Hills Road.  Other road travel outside
Monrovia is still largely restricted, except as discussed above.
Overland routes to neighboring countries are not open, unless
explicitly approved by the NPFL.  Many travelers, including U.S.
citizens, have been detained, harassed and delayed by the NPFL.

Roberts International Airport (outside of Monrovia) remains closed.
 Limited air service exists only between Springs Payne Field in
Monrovia and Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire; Conakry, Guinea and Freetown,
Sierra Leone.  No major international air carriers serve Spriggs
Payne Field.

Lodging, water, electricity, fuel, transportation, telephone and
postal services continue to be disrupted in Monrovia.  Such services
are nonexistent or severely limited in rural areas.

Foreigners in Monrovia, including U.S. citizens, have been targets
of street crime, and their homes subject to breaking and entering.

All U.S. citizens in Liberia should register with the U.S. Embassy,
111 U.N. Drive, Mamba Point, Monrovia, telephone 222991 through
222994

No. 92-39

This replaces the advisory dated July 12, 1991 to note the limited
reopening of limited ECOMOG forces to some locations outside of
Monrovia, and the need to take precautions against street crime and
burglary.

