Liberia War Crimes

MONROVIA — House Speaker Bhofal Chambers has constituted a special committee to spearhead anationwide consultation by members of the House of Representatives over the establishment of a war crimes court in Liberia.
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Speaker Chambers has been an ardent critic and political foe of Madam Sirleaf for several years Capitol Hill, Monrovia – House Speaker Bhofal Chambers has for the third time seized a legislative instrument calling for the establishment…
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Clan Chief John Bunday points to a mass grave of victims of the Gbarma massacre Gerald C. Koinyeneh/FrontPage Africa GBARMA, Gbarpolu County – When news broke that Jankuba Fofana had been arrested by British police as part of an…
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Miatta Gray says LURD killed 15 members of her family -Gerald C. Koinyeneh, FrontPage Africa GBARMA, Gbarpolu County - Miatta Gray wept as she recalled the day, nearly 20 years ago, that rebels with the absurdly named “Liberians United…
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Monrovia – The President of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA), Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe has called on the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution establishing a war and economic crimes court for Liberia.
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MONROVIA – The Plenary of the Liberian Senate through a committee of a whole has called on President George Weah to, on behalf of the nation, apologize to victims of the Liberian civil war for the injuries, pains and loss inflicted on…
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Gibril Massaquoi appears in court in Finland in February Image- Matias Väänänen / Yle MONROVIA – The trial of Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean former Revolutionary United Front commander accused of committing war crimes in…
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MONROVIA – With two years to go until the 2023 presidential elections, former Vice President Joseph Boakai is already facing intense pressure to clean up his image in order to have a shot at winning the standard-bearer mantle of the…
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MONROVIA – Nimba County Representative Larry P. Younquoi has descended on his kinsman, Senator Prince Y. Johnson, for his recent blanket and “sugar-coated” statement provided in relation to his resignation as Chairman of the Senate…
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Monrovia – As debate over the establishment of the War and economic crimes court heightens, the International Justice Group (IJG) and its partners, the Movement for Justice in Liberia (MOJUL) and the Global Initiative for Justice (GIJ)…
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