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Vigilantes 'Serve As Shadow Police' in Liberia

According to the international rights group, Human Rights Watch, residents of crime-prone areas in Monrovia have come to rely on vigilante groups to provide security due to lack of confidence in the police.

  • Liberia:   Vigilantes Act as Police

    VOA, 12 September 2013

    After 10 years of peace, the police force in the West African nation of Liberia still lacks the ability to protect most neighborhoods, and it maintains a reputation for corruption.… Read more »

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A boy vends his wares in a Monrovia community.

  • Liberia:   Last Stop - West Point

    RNW Africa, 22 January 2012

    This is West Point, one of the worst slums in the Liberian capital Monrovia. The entrance is a small corridor. Come out at the other end and you are approached by two burly young… Read more »

  • Liberia:   Watchmen Held for Arm Robbery?

    New Dawn, 24 November 2011

    About 100 residents of Sayon Town Community on Bushrod Island gathered before the Temple of Justice Tuesday, pleading to government for the release of three men being detained at… Read more »

  • Liberia:   Armed Robbers Invade Homes in Bardnersville

    Informer, 4 May 2011

    A gang of armed robbers raided a small community in Bardnersville Township early Wednesday morning and made away with unspecified sums of United States and Liberian Dollars, plus… Read more »

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