Liberian border status still uncertain

Local authorities in eastern Guinea are refusing to allow travellers and business people to cross from their side of the border into Nimba County in northern Liberia, pro-Charles Taylor Radio Liberia International said on Tuesday. A UNHCR source in Conakry told IRIN on Wednesday that the status of Guinea's border with Liberia was still unclear. "At certain points small numbers of people have been crossing the border but we have no official confirmation from the authorities that the Guinean border with Liberia is open, " the source told IRIN. Last week the Liberian government decided to reopen its border with Guinea citing an improvement in security conditions. The border was closed last August when fighting broke out in northern Lofa County between government troops and rebels.