Liberia: Health Authorities Prepare for Deadly Mpox Strain
Countries across Africa are on guard as a more severe strain of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has killed 1000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and sickened more than 30,000….
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Liberia Avoids the Deadly Mpox Strain for Now but Health Care Workers Say They Need More Supplies
Junior cries to his mother as another stranger approaches the front of their house. The two-year-old has met too many new people since he came down with mpox in August….
Liberia: War and Economics Courts Tipped to Cost at Least $60 Million
Running a war crimes court is an expensive exercise no matter where it is held. From construction of court buildings and detention facilities to salaries of judges, lawyers and administrators, to security and witness protection, costs add up quickly….
Liberia: In First Address to U.N. General Assembly, President Boakai Seeks Support for War and Economic Crimes Courts
In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly since coming to office eight months ago, President Joseph Boakai has called on the body to support Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts….
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Liberia: Victims Demand Toughest Punishment When LURD Rebel “K1” Goes On Trial in United States in January
Osman O. Nyei looks sadly at the storefront that now hosts a frozen food importer. It was here, in the last battles of Liberia’s third civil war in August 2003, that Osman says, Laye Sekou Camara, then a general with Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, the rebel group known as “Lurd”, murdered his brother….
Liberia: Parents of Kids with Undiagnosed Autism Spectrum Disorder Battle with Little Support
Having a child is a time of profound joy for most mothers, and so it was for Anita when told she had given birth to a girl who she named Maureen. But Anita’s dream of living happily together with her family fell apart when she learned that her child had autism spectrum disorder, a neurological condition that affects communication, social interactions, and behavior….
Liberia: Presidential Committee Begins Interviewing Applicants for Head of War and Economic Crimes Courts Office, Amid Renewed Criticism of Lack of Transparency
A whirl of speculation has clouded the work of the special presidential committee tasked with shortlisting candidates for the position of Executive Director of Office of War and Economic Crimes Courts of Liberia….
Liberia: Environmental Protection Agency Takes First Step to Control Air Pollution: Mandating Sensors for Companies
Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency has taken a first step to curb the air pollution that is killing and sickening Liberians. …
Liberia: How Many Warlords Have to Be Tried to Bring Justice? That’s the Question Facing Liberia’s Future War Crimes Court
Justice activists are adamant that justice for atrocities committed during Liberia’s civil conflicts since 1979 is essential to entrenching the rule of law and ending a sense of impunity that has thrived in the country. But how many people need to face justice for those benefits to be delivered?…
Liberia: President’s Controversial Pick to Represent Liberia at UN Tells Senate Confirmation Hearing War and Economic Crimes Courts Will Exonerate Him
Lewis Brown, whose nomination last week as Liberia’s Ambassador to the United Nations was condemned by leading human rights organizations, has told his Senate confirmation hearing that he supports the country’s upcoming war and economics crimes courts….
Liberia: More Court Advocates Join Condemnation of Pick for UN Post as UN Peace Building Team Arrives
More war crimes court advocates have joined the condemnation of President Joseph Boakai’s pick of Lewis Brown as Liberia’s ambassador to the United Nations….
Liberia: War Crimes Courts Supposed to Bring Inclusive Justice But Victims Say They Are Being Excluded
It’s a mantra repeated by government officials, activists and the international community: Liberia’s victims and survivors must be at the heart of efforts to bring justice for crimes committed in the country’s long civil wars that ended in 2003. But now the office to establish the War and Economic Crimes Courts is finally taking shape, victims and survivors say they have been excluded from the process….
Liberia: Boakai’s UN Ambassador Pick Rejects Claim His Appointment Would Deter Donors to War Crimes Court as UN Peacebuilding Committee Visit Wraps Up
Lewis Brown, President Joseph Boakai’s controversial pick for Ambassador to the United Nations, said he is innocent of the economics crimes allegations leveled against him in the country’s 2009 Truth and Reconciliation Commission report. …
Liberia: Victims and Advocates “Angry” Warlord Prince Johnson’s Death Means He Will Not Face Justice; Call for Urgency in Establishing War Crimes Court
Human rights advocates and victims’ groups are angry over the death of Prince Johnson, the accused notorious warlord, who died suddenly in Paynesville early Thursday morning….
Liberia: Outgoing US Special Advisor Urges Liberia to Move Towards “Trade Not Aid” By Cleaning Up Corruption and Investing in Electricity and Multi-User Rail
In a brief visit, Sarah Morgenthau, outgoing US President Joe Biden’s Special Representative for the Office of Commercial and Business Affairs, pressed the Liberian government to urgently improve its investment environment so the US-Liberia relationship can move more quickly to one based on investment by American companies rather than aid from the US taxpayer….
Liberia: New War Crimes Court Office Head Says He is Assured of President Boakai’s Commitment to Seeing Justice Done Though Little Funding Has Been Made Available
It’s been just one month on the job for Dr. Jallah Allen Barbu, as the country’s second head of Liberia’s Office for the War and Economics Crimes Court….
Liberia: How Many Warlords Have to Be Tried to Bring Justice? That’s the Question Facing Liberia’s Future War Crimes Court
Justice activists are adamant that justice for atrocities committed during Liberia’s civil conflicts since 1979 is essential to entrenching the rule of law and ending a sense of impunity that has thrived in the country. But how many people need to face justice for those benefits to be delivered?…
Liberia: Four Months After U.S. Downgrade, Amid Warning of Cut in Aid, Liberian Gov. Loses Human Trafficking Case, Prosecutors Claim Jurors Didn’t Understand the Crime
Liberia has lost a human trafficking case, four months after being downgraded to tier 2 watchlist in the 2024 annual U.S. government’s Trafficking in Persons report, amid warning by U.S. officials of a cut in “nonessential aid” if the country continues to underwhelming perform in tackling the issue….
Liberia: Lawyers for Lutheran Church Massacre Survivors Describe Ecowas Court Ruling Against Them as “Disappointing”
Lawyers for victims of the 1990 St. Peter’s Lutheran Church massacre by Armed Forces of Liberia troops under the rule of then-president Samuel Doe, have described this month’s ruling by the Ecowas Community Court of Justice against their clients as “disappointing.”…
Liberia: Dr. Jallah Barbu Pledges to Work with Everyone “to Address Impunity at Highest Level” as Head of Office of War and Economic Crime Courts
Dr. Jallah Allen Barbu, a former presidential candidate and dean of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law of the University of Liberia, has pledged to work with everyone as the new Executive Director of the Office of War and Economic Crimes Courts….