Liberia War Crimes

MONROVIA – A former major player in the Liberian Civil War, Christopher Vambo known by many as General Mosquito has issued disclaimer clearing Mr. Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu who was recently indicted by a US court for his role in the…
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Report by Bettie K. Johnson-Mbayo, [email protected] in collaboration with New Narratives Monrovia - Joseph S. Kannah Jr. was just five years old when his father was allegedly gunned down by Prince Johnson’s…
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Gbarnga, Bong County – President George Weah on Thursday failed to attend the opening of a conference on the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) here, the second he has not turned out at an event held by the…
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Hassan Bility speaks on Agnes Reeves Taylor Trial at the launch of a booklet on war crimes court in Liberia Monrovia- Hassan Bility of Global Justice Research Program (GJRP) has dismissed claim by the family of Agnes Reeves Taylor that…
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Fubbi Henries Monrovia – On April 5, this year Fubbi Henries joined scores of protesters on the streets of Monrovia. They rallied for accountability for crimes committed during Liberia’s 14-year civil war (1989 – 2003) and the pillaging…
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Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu, former Defense Minister and spokesman of the NPFL MONROVIA – The sentencing hearing for Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu, former Defense Minister and spokesman of the NPFL, has been postponed again. It was to go ahead…
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A boy passes by a palaver hut erected at a mass grave in Foya, Lofa County where some 150 people killed by ULIMO were buried/James Harding Giahyue Foya, Lofa County – Mary Ndominin, now in her 50s, will never forget that day in…
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MONROVIA – Tension is reaching a boiling point in Monrovia as former ex-rebels threaten the arrest Montserrado County District 10 lawmaker Yekeh Kolubah but his supporters are prepared to aggressively resist any such move.
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Adama Dempster of SEWACCOL Monrovia - Campaigners for a Liberian war crimes court have criticized the Government of Liberia for being “silent” amid escalating tension after ex-rebel commanders threatened to arrest Representative…
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MONROVIA - The conversation about setting up a War Crimes Court in Liberia has intensified in the last 18 months. This is partly due to a push by local and international advocates for accountability, finally, for the brutality that…
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