THE WAR which rocked Liberia on the eve of Christmas in 1989 was marred by massacres, economic crimes and scores of extra-judicial killings. Many Liberians who survived the civil war are only lucky to be alive today. TODAY, WE ARE seeing semblance of the old days creeping up in the motorcades escorting the President, the vice President and senior officials of government. “Liberia’s brutal armed conflicts (1989-1996 and 1999-2003) were characterized by the commission of widespread and systematic violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. But they must also take into consideration our history and how we got to where we are today.

Source: Front Page Africa February 28, 2018 00:33 UTC