November 03, 2022
Liberia: French Court Sentences Liberian Warlord to Life Imprisonment
A French court has convicted and sentenced Liberian warlord Kunti Kamara to a life sentence for complicity in crimes against humanity, torture and barbarism following a dramatic… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Liberia: Prosecution Wants Accused Warlord Given Live Imprisonment
Prosecutors in the war crimes trial of Kunti Kamara, an accused Liberian warlord have asked the French jury hearing his case to find him guilty of all the charges he's accused of,… Read more »
October 28, 2022
Liberia: Accused Warlord Calls Plaintiffs Criminals in Paris War Crimes Trial
Kunti Kamara has lashed out at the ten plaintiffs in his trial for crimes against humanity here calling them "criminals" and professing his innocence on charges of cannibalism,… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Liberia: Defence Witness Kosiah Dismisses Cannabalism Charge Against Kamara
Alieu Kosiah, convicted of war crimes in a Swiss court last year, appeared as a defense witness in the trial of Kunti Kamara, his one-time United Liberation Movement of Liberia for… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Liberia: Child Soldier Confirms Forced Labor - As Kosiah Testifies Today in War Crimes Trial in Paris
A witness claiming to be a child soldier with Kunti Kamara has confirmed testimonies of over a dozen witnesses of forced labor by Kamara--one of the charges the former commander of… Read more »
October 20, 2022
Liberia: Liberia Integrate More Refugees, Issue Them Civil Documentation
The government of Liberia has described the overall refugee regime in Liberia as very peaceful and stable, and also reaffirmed its commitments to the implementation of the 1951… Read more »
Liberia: Victims Detail Forced Labor Under Ulimo As Kamara Admits to Paris Trial He Was the Only "Co Kundi' in Lofa
Kunti Kamara appeared to undermine his defense case in his trial on torture, cannibalism and crimes against humanity on Wednesday as he denied repeatedly that Ulimo had committed… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Liberia: 'You Are Kundi. You Killed My Sister' - A Third Victim Identifies Kamara As Perpetrator in War Crimes Trial
On Tuesday a third victim identified Kunti Kamara, on trial for torture, cannibalism and crimes against humanity in the Paris Court, as "Co Kundi" the rebel commander who allegedly… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Liberia: 'I Would Never Eat Human Heart,' Kamara Tells War Crimes Court
The former Ulimo commander Kunti Kamara, on trial here for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Liberia's civil wars, had his first chance to make a substantive response to… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Liberia: 'War Crimes Court Not a Witch Hunt Court' - Human Rights Defender Adama Dempster
The Secretary General of the Civil Society Human Rights Advocacy Platform of Liberia Mr. Adama K. Dempster, has said the United States Ambassador-at-large for Global Criminal… Read more »
Liberia: "No Doubt Whatsoever, That Is Him," Victim Tells Judge in Paris War Crimes Trial
The trial of Kunti Kamara for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Paris took a dramatic turn late Friday as the presiding judge in the trial asked a witness if the man he had… Read more »
October 14, 2022
Liberia: Kamara Defense Challenges Prosecution of 30-Year-Old Crimes - French Reveal a Second Liberian Case
Day four of the war crimes trial of Kunti Kamara looked closely at the investigations in France and Liberia that produced evidence prosecutors are using in the case against the… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Liberia: A Culture of Impunity Reigns, Former TRC Commissioner Tells Paris War Crimes Court
Day three of the war crimes trial of Liberian Kunti Kamara was all about setting the scene of Liberia's civil war and the history that led up to it for the jury of six French… Read more »
October 12, 2022
Liberia: Kamara Admits Falsifying Travel Documents to Escape Europe
It didn't take long for prosecutors to catch Kunti Kamara in multiple traps in day two of his war crimes trial Tuesday. The former colonel with the United Liberation Movement of… Read more »
October 11, 2022
Liberia: Trial of Liberian Rebel for War Crimes Begins in France
Though the charges being considered in the trial that got underway here today are "barbarous" according to prosecutors, day one was a quiet affair with the presiding judge of the… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Liberia: U.S. Ambassador On War Crimes to Seek Clarity From Liberian Legislature On Stalled Draft War Crimes Court Statutes
United States Ambassador At Large for Global Criminal Justice (GCJ), Dr. Beth Van Schaack has arrived in Liberia and already hit the ground running with a meeting with the civil… Read more »
October 06, 2022
Liberia: Foreign Minister Kemayah Condemns Russia for Annexing Ukraine Territory
Liberia's Foreign Minister Amb. Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr. said it is appalling for any new form of colonialism; as is being manifested by Putin's Russia, "We, therefore,… Read more »
October 05, 2022
Liberia: U.S. Amb. On War Crimes to Visit Liberia
Beth Van Schaack, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice is visiting Liberia, beginning tomorrow, Thursday, amid renewed calls from justice activists for the Weah… Read more »
September 23, 2022
Liberia: AFL Receives Alpha 2022 Peace Award
The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) has received the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. prestigious 2022 Alpha Peace Award for upholding its commitment to peace and security in Liberia… Read more »
September 22, 2022
Liberia: Liberia Celebrates International Day of Peace
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September 19, 2022
Liberia: September 18 - A Day Charles Taylor Unleashed Reckless Gangsterism, Thuggery!!
It was all about settling scores. Charles Taylor had turned it into a defense for justice. A five-man Council of State was reduced to just a one-man show. It was wrong! Stupidity… Read more »
September 13, 2022
Liberia: Tallah Citizens Want U.S. Govt. HelpaAt America's Ww. II Base
A prominent son of Tallah Township in Grand Cape Mount County, Mr. Malike V. Perry, is calling on the United States government to assist citizens of the Township in improving their… Read more »
September 09, 2022
Liberia: An Update On the Armed Forces of Liberia Status and Its Involvement in Peacekeeping Operations
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September 08, 2022
Liberia: UK Police Arrest a Man for Alleged Role in Liberia's Wars
United Kingdom police have arrested and detained a man in his 40s on war crimes charges for his alleged role in the Liberian civil war in the 1990s and early 2000s. Read more »
September 02, 2022
Liberia: As Defense Minister, Chief of Staff Disclose the Halting of the 20 Percent Deduction From Soldiers' Salaries to Support Peace Missions
Authorities at the Ministry of National Defense and the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) have given a brighter outlook to the Ministry and the AFL, indicating that much has been… Read more »