Liberia War Crimes

Monrovia - Swiss authorities on Tuesday indicted a former general of the defunct United Liberation Movement for Democracy in Liberia (ULIMO) for war crimes allegedly committed in the Liberian Civil War (1989 – 2003) in a landmark case…
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Ms. Fabine Kwiah works as a journalist at the state-run ELBC Monrovia - Fabine Kwiah was only a child when she and her two elder brothers Paul and Josephus Kwiah fled Fendell to Clara Town amid fierce fighting between soldiers of the…
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By James Harding Giahyue, New Narratives Senior Justice Correspondent Sasstown District, Grand Kru County – Vincent Toe, 41, was only a lad when he witnessed rebels with the Liberia Peace Council (LPC) kill his aunty and eight other…
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MONROVIA - The war crimes trial of Agnes Reeves Taylor, former wife of ex-President Charles Taylor, and the sentencing of Thomas Woewiyu, former spokesman of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), have both been postponed to…
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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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