Last updated: 23 february, 2010 - 17:37 GMT
Tony Blair in Liberia to promote 'good governance'
Mr Blair is on a two day visit to Liberia
The former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is in the west African state of Liberia to oversee the start of a project to promote good governance in the country.
This is part of Mr Blair's African Governance Initiative to help countries to develop their private sector and make government work more effectively.
During the 1990s Liberia saw a brutal civil war in which around 250,000 people were killed.
Since 2005, however, the country has been stable under the administration of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
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Before Mr Blair arrived in Monrovia, the BBC talked to the Liberian president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and she told us what she wanted from Mr Blair's Africa Governance Initiative.
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First broadcast 23 February, 2010
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