During the last months of Liberia's brutal 14 year long war in 2003, the SKD Sports Stadium in Monrovia provided shelter for nearly 60,000 refugees. This week, after a $1.3m makeover courtesy of the People's Republic of China, and stadium officially opens with a Liberia -v- Sierra Leone soccer match followed by a music concert. To be honest, I struggle with such use of funds - after all, $1.3m could go a long way to buying food for the many malnourished children here, or could have refitted many of the clinics looted during the war, but I guess its part of the international community's attempt to help boost Liberia's self confidence. Photo of the inside of the stadium taken in August 2003. Olly
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