Category: Liberia

Stampede at Religious Ceremony in Liberia Kills 29 People

January 21, 2022
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MONROVIA, Liberia—At least 29 people in Liberia, including 11 children and a pregnant woman, have died in a stampede of worshippers at a Christian ceremony in a densely populated area of the capital, Monrovia, officials said Thursday. The stampede erupted when a gang of thugs armed with knives attacked some of the hundreds attending the…

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Liberian Teen Becomes Hero for Finding and Returning $50,000

October 15, 2021
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MONROVIA, Liberia—A teenager in Liberia who has become a national hero after finding $50,000 and returning it to its rightful owner said he will meet the country’s president next week. Emmanuel Tuloe told The Associated Press Friday that he has been invited to meet President George Weah, on Monday. “I’m set to go see the…

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As Many as 17 Missing After Cargo Ship Sinks Off Liberia

July 20, 2021
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MONROVIA—As many as 17 people were missing from a cargo ship that sank off the coast of Liberia over the weekend despite being barred from setting sail, the Maritime Commissioner said. The Liberian-registered Niko Ivanka left the capital Monrovia on Saturday for a port in the West African country’s south, despite being under a detention…

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Liberian Rebel Sentenced in Switzerland for War Crimes, Cannibalism

June 19, 2021
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GENEVA—A Liberian rebel commander was sentenced in Switzerland to 20 years in jail on Friday for rape, killings, and an act of cannibalism, in one of the first ever convictions over the West African country’s civil war. The case was also Switzerland’s first war crimes trial in a civilian court. It involved 46-year-old Alieu Kosiah…

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