Five American Catholic Nuns were brutally Killed in 1992 by Charles Taylor’s Rebels….

Sisters Kathleen McGuire; Barbara Muttra; Agnes Mueller; Mary Kolm; and Shirley Kolmer were all brutally raped and murdered by Charles Taylor and his criminals.
Nearly 16 years ago five Catholic nuns who were carrying out their unselfish work in Liberia were savagely rape and murdered. Now, almost 16 years after their gruesome killing, what appears to [...]

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Bush to visit Liberia and four other countries…

The White House announced Friday that United States President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush will visit five countries in a one-week tour of Africa next month. the trip will be an opportunity for the President to review firsthand the significant progress since his last visit in 2003 in efforts to increase economic [...]

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Give them their florwers when its due….

Today while searching the web for articles on the role of African countries intervention in the Liberian civil war for a School project i am doing, i stumble upon this article waging war to keep peace by the human rights watch organization http://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/liberia/.
In their report they claim that (1) when the NPFL attack Monrovia in [...]

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More gruesome testimonies at the TRC hearings…

Joshua Milton Blayee also known as the former General Butt naked now turned An evangelical pastor described the atrocities he and his men committed during the Liberian civil war, including magical rituals that involved slaughtering children and eating their hearts.
The former general spared no details on Tuesday as he told Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission [...]

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Justice has been long overdue!

As the trial of the former Liberian president, which started on the 7 of january, continues in Europe, many of us Liberians who saw first hand, his atrocities against the Liberian people could not help but think, finally justice will be given to thousands of people who died in this man senseless war, finally the [...]

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Liberia. A brief video history…….

Here is a brief video history of Liberia, i found very interesting. from its humble birth as a nation to the present day.
Liberia was relatively calm until 1980 when William Tolbert was overthrown by Sergeant Samuel Doe after rice riots. Liberia Africa’s oldest republic, became better known in the 90s for its brutal and, ruinous [...]

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Making the case for Liberia to host Africom…….

The US government announced early in the year that the Defence Department was creating a US Africa Command headquarters to coordinate all American military and security interests throughout the continent, but a lot of African powers Including Nigeria, South Africa, and Libya have expressed reservations about a move that could signal an expansion of U.S. [...]

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Drama at TRC hearings, Sundaygar Dearboy and others accused of Rape and Murder…

Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) held its first public hearings Tuesday, in an attempt to shed light on crimes committed during Liberia’s 14 years of brutal civil war which ended in 2003. But the shocker of the hearings came when David Sarweh, a 22-year old student, accused Sudaygar Dearboy one of Liberia’s famous singer [...]

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