But it's what his former business partners say he's doing with the cash that's causing the Republican some problems.

Liberia is a nation of contrasts. On one side are horrific atrocities -- cannibalism, torture and rape -- in a civil war that tore apart the country from 1990 to 2003.

The beat is infectious US-style hip hop but the rhymes come straight from the streets of Monrovia, a city which for years has had very little to sing about.

Last week, a team of American medical personnel, under the banner of Children's Surgery International, completed a week-long working visit to the Firestone Medical Center in Duside, where over 95 children afflicted with various facial deformities and other pediatric conditions received free surgical operations.

The fire that started in one of the rooms of the house also razed a car. But no one was reported hurt in the incident.

Liberia, once a byword for conflict and misery, has become an admired young democracy.

Former Liberian rebel leader George Boley is to be deported from the US over his role in the West African country's civil war in the 1990s.

Monrovia - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf today officially launched the Children's Law of Liberia to protect children and their right to participate meaningfully in their development.

The chaos of Liberia's civil war may not have been the ideal time to open a fast-food restaurant but this did not deter Liberian businessman Sam Mitchell.

While some may find it difficult to comprehend, others may just see some degree of validity in it.