Fighters from the United Liberation Movement of Liberia shoot their way through downtown Monrovia, Liberia, April 16, 1996, during the West African country's civil war. Jean-Marc Bouju/AP/File By Ayen ...

The waves and white sandy beaches at Liberia’s Robertsport are attracting interest from European surfers – Copyright AFP Giorgio Viera The West African nation of ...

Thirty-six years after hundreds of civilians seeking refuge inside a Lutheran church were massacred during Liberia’s brutal civil war, the country’s military has publicly apologized for atrocities ...

A former warlord will become the first Liberian to face a war crimes trial over alleged atrocities during the country’s 1990s civil war when he goes on trial in Switzerland on Thursday. Alieu Kosiah, ...

Liberia’s Prince Y. Johnson, who rose to prominence first as a warlord and then politician, was implicated in serious abuses during the country’s two civil wars between 1989 and 2003. His death on ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Thursday they had arrested a woman in London on suspicion of torture during the civil war in Liberia more than 25 years ago. The 51-year-old was arrested in ...

Human rights groups on Monday urged the Liberian president should renew his executive order to establish a war crimes court for crimes committed in the two Liberian civil wars. Adama Dempster, the ...

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