Liberia: Massacre Victims Monument Dedicated

9 March 2017
The NEWS (Monrovia)

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has dedicated the first ever monument in honor of Liberians who were victim of the Du-Port Road massacre during the country's civil unrest.

Speaking at the dedicatory ceremony Wednesday, President Johnson-Sirleaf said the construction of the monument is part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 207 recommendations in which, it calls for the construction of 155 monuments in honor of the 155 massacres that took place during the war.

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