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Electricity hopes for Monrovia

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    Christmas trees might be lit again in Liberia this year with the arrival of the first of five generators for the country's overstretched power supply company, Reuters reported on Friday.

    Vice President Enoch Dogolea said electricity would be restored to the capital, Monrovia, by 24 December. The generator, which arrived from the Czech Republic on Thursday, has been bought with a US $2-million grant from Taiwan, Reuters added.

    President Charles Taylor appointed Dogoleah in August to head a commission charged with restoring electricity to the capital by 31 December. Since his inauguration in August 1997, Taylor has repeatedly promised to restore power to Monrovia.

    The capital has been without electricity since 1992 when faction fighters destroyed the nation's hydroelectric plant.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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