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Liberia: More Liberians Want War Crimes Court - Survey
Liberian Observer, 21 February 2025
A survey conducted by the Center for Democratic Governance (CDG) and Afrobarometer indicates growing support for the establishment of a War and Economic Crimes Court (WECC) among… Read more »
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Liberia: Closure Delayed As 17 Executed Officials Not Found, Reigniting National Reflection
Liberian Observer, 20 February 2025
The Palm Grove Cemetery on Center Street is, once more, the focus of national attention following Tuesday's failed exhumation of former President William R. Tolbert, Jr. and 17… Read more »
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FrontPageAfrica, 27 January 2025
Leading human rights advocates have condemned President Joseph Boakai's decision to commission Lewis Brown, a former national security adviser to Charles Taylor, as Liberia's… Read more »
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Kenya: General Butt Naked On Critical List At Kidney Solution Clinic in Kenya
New Dawn, 19 February 2025
Evangelist Joshua Milton Blahyi, widely known as General Butt Naked, is currently on the critical list at the Kidney Solutions Hospital in Kenya. Read more »
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Liberia: In Death, PYJ Faces War Crimes Court of Public Opinion
Liberian Observer, 20 January 2025
-- In his defense, Sen. Nimely, MDR Youth say the Sen. Johnson died of frustration Read more »
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Liberia: 'Prince Johnson Was Troubled By War Crimes Court Establishment'
New Republic, 18 January 2025
At the funeral of fallen Nimba County Senator, Prince Y. Johnson, aliased PYJ, Grand Gedeh County Senator Thomas Yaya Nimely painted a clear picture of the late Senator Johnson's… Read more »
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FrontPageAfrica, 13 January 2025
Two months after the appointment of Dr. Jallah Barbu as the second head of Liberia's Office of the War and Economic Crimes Court, the government has finally released $368,000… Read more »
More Liberians Want War And Economic Crimes Court - Afrobarometer
Findings from the survey conducted by Afrobarometer and local partners, show an increase in support for the court since President Joseph Boakai set up an Office for War and Economic Crimes "compared to 2022".
Respondents showed particular interest in the prosecution of individuals responsible for atrocities during the civil war twenty years ago.
More than 200,000 people were killed during both rounds of the Liberian civil war, which spanned from 1990 to 2023.
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Liberians home and abroad have expressed excitement over President Joseph Boakai's decision to issue an executive order for the creation of an office of War and Economic Crimes in ... Read more »
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42 out of 73 members of the House of Representatives have endorsed a resolution for the establishment of a war and economic crimes court to prosecute perpetrators of the country's ... Read more »
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It has been nearly 20 years since the absence of hostilities and the end of active combat in Liberia. Two successive democratic governments have been inaugurated amidst three ... Read more »
