Liberia War Crimes

Monrovia – It was on September 9, 1990 when the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) Focus on Africa reported that rebel fighters of ‘General’ Prince Y. Johnson’s Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) had captured…
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Monrovia – One of Liberia’s former rebel commanders now Senator Prince Y. Johnson, who headed the then Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) seems not to be perturbed in the wake of mounting calls for the establishment…
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Monrovia – A Grand Bassa County lawmaker has vowed to support calls for the establishment of war and economic crimes court as a means of “ending the culture of impunity and serving affected Liberians that are yearning for seeking…
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Monrovia – The arrest in France last week of Awaliho Soumaworo aka “Kunti K”, a naturalized Dutch citizen over his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the First Liberian Civil War (1989-1996) while acting as a…
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Monrovia – Mr. Adama Dempster, General Secretary of Civil Society Organization (CSO) Platform, wants the Liberian Government honor its commitment it made to the United Nations concerning the implementation of the recommendations of the…
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Monrovia – Once feared for his indiscriminate brutal killings but now seen by some as a religious leader, others as a political leader, Nimba County Senator Prince Y. Johnson, continues to exhibit extreme hatred for the establishment of…
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Monrovia - Despite increasing calls for the establishment of a war crimes court, a former Minister of Information under former President Charles Taylor, Madam Victoria Reffel, thinks that it is not a good idea for Liberia.
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Monrovia - Art students draw the complexity of whether or not war-time crimes should be punished in Liberia today. With the increasing demands to end impunity of those past crimes, Liberian artists were empowered to contribute to this…
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Monrovia -  The push for a war crimes court in Liberia appears to have hit a snag in the wake of a reported agreement between President George Manneh Weah and former warlord-turned Senator Prince Y. Johnson. FrontPageAfrica has reliably…
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