Liberia marks security handover from UN force after 13 years

MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia’s president told her country Friday that “peace is in our hands” after a U.N. peacekeeping mission handed over security responsibilities following a 13-year effort to stabilize a nation wracked by back-to-back civil wars. The U.N. force already has withdrawn from areas where it had been assigned since 2003. A reduced presence