When Liberian newspaper executives saw the printing press of Ugandas biggest newspaper, they realized it looked familiar. Thats because the press was the same kind Liberias largest newspaper had owned before war and looting destroyed it.

It made me realize that if we had not lost everything for so long, wed probably be in good condition now, said Sando Moore, who was on the staff of The Observer, which owned that press. The Observer was selling more than 10,000 copies a day when its press was destroyed and its building burned to the ground. Now the highest-selling Liberian daily sells barely 1,000 copies.