Fwiw, as I type this reply, I'm presently in West Africa (Monrovia / Liberia, to be precise) in a bar watching the 'World Cup' (Ghana vs Germany) and all is completely normal... aside from regular outbursts of frenetic football related shouting, chanting, and general African exuberance !
Old King Coal - you've gone quiet - any updates from Liberia? Last orders at the bar?