Author: Contributing Writer

PARIS, France – The first victim to testify that he had served as a rebel under Ulimo commander Kunti Kamara appeared in Kamara’s appeal of his 2022 conviction for war crimes here on Friday. The victim said after weeks of torture, threats and forced labor by Ulimo after the rebel group invaded Lofa County in Liberia in 1993, he followed the advice of his uncle to join Ulimo in order to put an end to the harassment of himself and to help his family.

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Monrovia – The Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Olubanke King-Akerele, has urged the administration of President Joseph Nyumah Boakai to seriously consider and request assistance from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations Mission in Ivory Coast (UNM) to undertake a security assessment and evaluation facing Liberia.

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ABIDJAN – Liberia is going through a recurrent energy crisis due to the shortfall in the delivery of stable electricity to the public, and it appears President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is keen to address the challenge. This was evidenced during his recent high-level working visit to Abidjan, La Cote d’Ivoire. During his engagement with host President Alassane Ouattara, on Thursday, March 7, 2024, the Liberian Leader stressed that the strategic priority of his government is to ensure increased access and the expansion of stable electricity to the Liberia people.

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