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In long-awaited move toward justice, Liberia creates war crimes court

May 9, 2024
By Trokon Wrepue
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Two war victims are seen in wheelchairs at the launch of Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, Thursday, June 22, 2006. Then-President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf officially launched Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, saying a full accounting of atrocities committed during nearly a quarter century of conflict will set the stage for long-term peace. Now, in 2024, Liberian lawmakers are pushing forward with a proposal to set up a war crimes court. Photo credit: Pewee Flomoku, The Associated Press

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Liberia looks to create war crimes court to help it heal from two brutal civil wars

April 11, 2024
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BNV BLACK PEARLS: Abner Yonly creates aviation record, makes Africa, Black Americans proud

December 29, 2023
By Trokon Wrepue
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Then-opposition candidate now Liberian President-elect Joseph Boakai arrives to vote in the second round of presidential elections in Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Liberian President George Weah, was unseated by Boakai, a repeat challenger, in the tight runoff election affected by Liberia's ailing economy. Photo credit: Rami Malek, The Associated Press

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Opposition challenger unseats Liberian president in runoff election affected by ailing economy

November 30, 2023
By Trokon Wrepue
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The statehouse in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo credit: The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

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Despite outcry, Liberia extradites former Sierra Leone official for alleged coup attempt

September 5, 2023
By Trokon Wrepue
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In this photo taken Sunday Sept. 28, 2014, Promise, 16, Emmanuel Junior, 11, and Benson, 15, Cooper sit at their St. Paul Bridge home in Monrovia, Liberia. The Cooper children are now orphans, having lost their mother, Princess, in July, and their father Emmanuel in August to Ebola. Their 5-month-old baby brother, Success, also succumbed to the virus in August. Ruth, their 13-year-old sister is being hospitalized with Ebola. Liberia's current crisis involving street children is partly due to the ravaging effects that Ebola had on the country nearly a decade ago. Photo credit: Jerome Delay, the Associated Press.

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Liberia goes to war against tragedy of more than 350,000 street children

August 2, 2023
By Trokon Wrepue
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