By AFPMore by this AuthorNEW YORKA Liberian former warlord whose forces committed atrocities including murders and cannibalism during the country's civil war was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in US prison — for immigration-related fraud and perjury. Nicknamed 'Jungle Jabbah', 51-year-old Mohammed Jabateh commanded the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) and later ULIMO-K rebel groups, which engaged in killings, rapes, mutilation and cannibalism during Liberia's 1989-2003 civil war, according to prosecutors. "This man is responsible for atrocities that will ripple for generations in Liberia. The fact that Jabateh is being held responsible at all is exceptional, as many people involved in the civil war still hold important positions in Liberia. We have been pushing for all perpetrators in the Liberian civil war to have their days in court, but the Liberian government has not yet had the courage to do so," Bility said Thursday.

Source: Daily Nation April 20, 2018 05:48 UTC