Contents: HOUSE URGES REAGAN TO SUSPEND AID TO LIBERIA • NOTICE TO TRANSAFRICA MEMBERS • On February 18, the U.S. House of Representatives adopted a nonbinding resolution requesting that the Reagan Administration suspend U.S. economic and military assistance to the Republic of Liberia until the Liberian government takes significant steps to fulfill earlier commitments to move the country towards democracy. The article discusses the October 15, 1985 election in Libria and human rights abuses by the Liberian government. The newsletter reports that the TransAfrica building was extensively damaged by fire on February 28; staff returned on April 4.
