Liberia: Victims Tell French Appeal Trial of Cannibalism, Rape and Torture by Ulimo
The first Liberian victims, who are part of the case against convicted war criminal Kunti Kamara, testified today in Kamara’s appeal of his 2022 conviction….
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Liberia Present Day Politics Enter Paris Court as Jury Hears of Passage of War Crimes Court Bill
The 4,400 miles between France and Liberia closed on Friday when present day news from Liberia made it into the appeal hearing here of convicted war criminal Kunti Kamara….
Liberia: Judge Weighs Defense Motion To Abandon Kamara War Crimes Appeal in France
Defense lawyers in the appeal of Kunti Kamara of his 2022 conviction for crimes against humanity, called for the trial to be abandoned on Wednesday. …
In New Line of Defense, Lawyers Tell French Court Convicted Ulimo War Criminal Was Too Young to be Held Responsible for Crimes.
On day two of Kunti Kamara’s appeal against his 2022 conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Kamara’s lawyers introduced a new line of defense that could upturn proceedings against the former United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (Ulimo) commander….
Liberia: Convicted Ulimo War Criminal Kunti Kamara’s Appeal Begins in Paris Court
Kunti Kamara’s appeal of his November 2022 conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity got underway at the Paris Court of Appeal on Tuesday….
More Witnesses Put Massaquoi in Monrovia When Under UN-Witness Protection in Sierra Leone
The trial of Gibril Massaquoi has continued to focus on the central explosive question of whether the defendant escaped UN witness protection in Freetown in June-August 2003 to commit war crimes in neighboring Liberia….
Nobel Laureate Urges Voters to Stop Rewarding Warlords with Votes at One of Two Events Marking Liberia’s 20th Anniversary of Peace
Leymah Gbowee, Liberian Nobel Peace prize laurate, has insisted that Liberia only has stability, not peace. Credit: Anthony Stephens/New Narratives….
Sentence of Liberian Warlord Renews Calls for Accountability for Wartime Atrocities
Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh travels to Lofa County to hear the stories of victims of Kunti Kamara, sentenced to 30 years in prison by a French war crimes court….
Liberia: Justice Advocates Commemorate 20 Years Since Accra Peace Accord, Renewing Calls for a War Crimes Court
Friday marks twenty years since the official end of Liberia’s brutal civil wars that claimed the lives of estimated 250,000 people. Local and international human rights advocates are holding a conference in Monrovia to commemorate the signing of the Accra Peace Agreement on August 18, 2003. But instead of calling the intervening period “peace” the advocates insist it is only “stability” as long as Liberia does not hold those responsible for the wars to account….
Liberia: Presidential Candidates Cummings and Gongloe Commit to War Crimes Court
Two of Liberia’s leading candidates for president have committed to establishing a war and economic crimes court to try alleged leading perpetrators of Liberia’s civil wars if elected in the October elections….
US Trials of Two Alleged Top Liberian Warlords Delayed
The US trials of two alleged notorious Liberian warlords, scheduled for May and July, will be delayed until late this year at the earliest….
Liberia: Alleged Warlord Deported Back Home from US
Immigration and customs authorities in the US city of Detroit, Michigan, have deported an alleged Liberian warlord back home….
Foya Victims Celebrate Kamara Conviction
Evelyn Pillo points to the place where her youngest brother was killed and eaten in Ngisakonja, Lofa County by Kamara and Ulimo forces. NGISAKONJA, Lofa County – Evelyn Pillo points to the spot where her father’s house once sat. It was here that her family endured the horrors that, she says, haunt them to this…
Liberia: Second Witness Says He Has Been Attacked and Intimidated for Testifying Against Kosiah
A second plaintiff has told the Swiss court hearing the appeal proceedings of Alieu Kosiah, the Liberian warlord challenging his 20-year sentence for war crimes, that Kosiah’s allies beat and intimidated him for testifying against Kosiah in 2021….
Liberia: Logging Company EJ&J Shipped US$3 million in Lumber Despite Telling Community Exports were Halted; FDA Fails to Act
Water dictates the lives of people in this part of central River Cess. With just three hand pumps to supply a town of 7,000, women and children here wake as early as 3 am to fetch water from distant creeks. But the creek water carries dangers….
Liberia: French Authorities Charge Alleged Liberian Warlord
French authorities have charged Saturday Tuah, an alleged Liberian warlord with crimes against humanity….
Liberia: Jungle Energy Power: A Local Power Company Bringing Comfort to Rural Communities
Samuel G. Youhn, 62, has lived almost his entire life without electricity. His native Nimba County, like every part of Liberia, felt the pinch of the country’s brutal civil wars that destroyed electricity and other infrastructure, in addition to the estimated 250,000 lives they claimed. …
Liberians Turn to Facebook to Find “Good Samaritans” to Fill In Gaps As Healthcare System Fails Them
Like too many people across Liberia Fatu Washington spent much of her youth “living with rejection from friends and neighbors”, as she put it, in her home village of ‘Joseph Town’ in Bomi County….
Tema Residents Battle For Clean Air In One Of The Most Polluted Cities In Ghana
At 55, Richard Acquah’s lungs are damaged from long exposure to dust, factory smoke and vehicular fumes from his lifetime profession as a taxi cab driver at Tema Community One taxi station. Doctors have advised him to change jobs if he wants to live….
Blind Women Defy Disabilities to Become Entrepreneurs
Blindness is one of the many tragedies that Liberians suffer at higher rates than people in other countries because of limited medical care. As many 22,000 Liberians suffer from impaired vision….
Presidential Candidate Tiawan Gongloe Promises to Sweep Corruption from Liberia, But Can He Win Over Voters?
Counsellor Tiawan Saye Gongloe, a veteran statesman and human rights lawyer, is one of few of the 20 presidential candidates in next week’s election with a detailed plan to fix Liberia’s problems….