More UN checkpoints removed

Five years after the UN arrived in Liberia, the last armed UN checkpoint on Bushrod Island (Vai Town, by the bridge) has, at last, been removed. The few remaining UN checkpoints in the city have been pushed back onto the pavements to encourage the untroubled flow of traffic. The Swedes, Irish, Namibians, Eritreans, Senegalese and Ghanaians have all left, leaving the Nigerians in charge of Monrovia and the Bangladeshis patrolling the rest of the country, with Jordanians (Medical), Pakistanis (Quick Reaction Force), Chinese (Transportation), Indians (Armed Police), Ukrainians (Airforce) and Nepalese (Armed Police) in their specific roles around the country. Olly