Long-awaited West African peacekeepers swooped into Liberia by helicopter on Monday, as war-weary Liberians danced for joy in ruined streets on hopes of an end to 14 years of bloodshed.

• 当天，参加西非经济共同体维和部队的尼日利亚军队抵达蒙罗维亚，饱受连年内战之苦的当地人民对维和部队的到来报以热烈欢迎，他们渴望和平与安定能够早日降临。