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Liberia: Human Trafficking Defendant Released And Cases Halted As Funds Diverted, Risking U.S. Sanctions
MONROVIA, Liberia— One accused trafficker has been released on bail and other cases look set to collapse as funding for the prosecution…
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South Africa Makes Gains with Reconciliation 30 Years After Apartheid. What Can Liberia Learn?
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Apartheid was a vicious system of racism and racial separation that ended 30 years ago here, just as Liberia was…
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Liberia: Gibril Massaquoi Due Large Compensation Payment After Acquittal in War Crimes Trial
Monrovia — Finland’s Court of Appeal has affirmed a lower court’s acquittal of Gibril Massaquoi, an ex-commander of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front…
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Liberia: Experts Say Prince Johnson Could Not Be Sent to the International Criminal Court
MONROVIA, Liberia—Ahead of his inauguration as Liberia’s 26th President next month Joseph Boakai faces growing pressure from human rights advocates to ensure…
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Liberia: Victims of Alleged Warlord Arrested in France Divided Over Prosecution
BAILA, Bong County, Liberia—Sara sits under a palava hut, her face overwhelmed by sorrow. Now 58, she recalls through tears, the trauma…
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Liberia: French Authorities Charge Alleged Liberian Warlord
MONROVIA, Liberia — French authorities have charged Saturday Tuah, an alleged Liberian warlord with crimes against humanity. Tuah allegedly committed the crimes…
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Nobel Laureate Urges Voters to Stop Rewarding Warlords with Votes at One of Two Events Marking Liberia’s 20th Anniversary of Peace
MONROVIA, Liberia—Liberian Nobel Peace prize laureate Leymah Gbowee urged Liberian voters not to elect alleged warlords in October’s elections at one of…
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Liberia: Justice Advocates Commemorate 20 Years Since Accra Peace Accord, Renewing Calls for a War Crimes Court
MONROVIA, Liberia—Friday marks twenty years since the official end of Liberia’s brutal civil wars that claimed the lives of estimated 250,000 people.…
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Liberia’s Traffic Deaths Among the Highest in the World, So Why Did the Government Halt a $50m Facility Meant to Make Roads Safer?
MONROVIA – It’s a tragedy that has touched almost every Liberian family. With one of the highest death rates from traffic accidents…
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Liberia: Presidential Candidates Cummings and Gongloe Commit to War Crimes Court
MONROVIA, Liberia—Two of Liberia’s leading candidates for president have committed to establishing a war and economic crimes court to try alleged leading…