Liberia War Crimes

MONROVIA - Adama Dempster still graphically recollects his first encounters with war. He was in 5th grade at a public school in Yekepa in Nimba County, when rebels with the National Patriotic Front of Liberia began recruiting school…
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Kolahun, Lofa County - “Since the TRC, no institution has taken this bold step to talk about justice with us in the communities,” says Clarence Sepoe, acting Mayor of Kolahun, on the discussion held after Flomo’s traveling performance…
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FOYA, LOFA COUNTY - “We haven’t ever spoken about justice collectively in the community; this is the first time. Since the TRC, no one has asked us about the past,” said the Paramount Chief, who welcomed the project to his town. “Most…
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VOINJAMA, LOFA COUNTY - “There is no sustainable peace in Liberia until the hearts of people are at ease” said Mrs. Korto Harris, the Mayor of Voinjama, as she warmly welcomed Flomo Theater to perform a play about justice for war…
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MONROVIA – Demanding his release from prison in the United Kingdom on his 71st birthday on January 28, the family of jailed ex-president Charles Taylor strongly believes that the former warlord committed no crime in neighboring Sierra…
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MONROVIA – Flomo Theater has partnered with Civitas Maxima and the Global Justice and Research Project to bring Musu’s Diary to people all across Liberia. Originally a cartoon published within the Liberian Quest for Justice campaign,…
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By James Harding Gaihyue, Senior New Narratives Justice Correspondent MONROVIA – The year 2018 will go down as the biggest year yet for criminal accountability of war crimes and crimes committed in during the Liberian civil war…
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Pleebo, Maryland County – The 14-year civil war spared no part of Liberia. The county of Maryland suffered an especially heavy toll. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report recorded 3,934 victims here, the second highest after…
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SINJE, Cape Mount County - Alhaji Tucker was only 10 when the civil war started in Liberia, but he remembers clearly the day rebels fighting with ULIMO K brutally slaughtered his little brother and other family members here. Tucker has…
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Senator Prince Y. Johnson has vowed to mobilize young people who will defend him should the court comes and wants to arrest him GANTA, Nimba County – If Nimba’s most famous son, Senator Prince Yormie Johnson, is to be believed, this is…
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