AFL soldiers in a drill on Armed Forces DayThe day was Wednesday, August 20, 2014 and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) had been deployed in West Point to enforce an Ebola quarantine imposed by the government a previous day. It was a huge tragedy even for a slum like West Point, which has been plagued by violence for decades. The CPA open recruitment of the new army to all factions of the war, but recruits must be high school graduates. As economic turmoil grips the country and protests and mob violence increase, the true extent of AFL reform may be tested. This piece is the opinion of Mae Azango, a New Narratives correspondent, as part of our West Africa Justice Reporting Project.

Source: Front Page Africa April 22, 2019 01:18 UTC