He says such peace-keeping efforts benefit not only Liberia, but help keep the peace throughout the region.

But he was prevented from reporting on his trip at a meeting of countries that provide peacekeeping troops.

UN peacekeepers combine both, at a fraction of the cost.

The president has spoken for some time of his resolve to help the peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

Persuading terrified refugees to go home may require a peacekeeping force, organised either in the region or by the UN.