They were among 17 witnesses who overcame more than two decades of fear to travel to the United States city of Philadelphia in January to testify against Laye Sekou Camara, the once dreaded general ...

MONROVIA, Liberia (CNN) --Liberia has always held a special place in my heart. It was the first country I visited outside my native Kenya. Freed American slaves began colonizing Monrovia -- named for ...

The public-service billboards along Liberia's roadways only begin to hint at the magnitude of challenges facing a nation trying to right itself after 14 years of civil war that ended in 2003.

Importantly, it highlights the country’s struggle to break from one of the direct causes of its 1989-2003 civil war ... the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission in 2008, and the General ...

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 ...

"Liberia's quest to bring closure for victims of civil war atrocities, and ensure their access to justice, remains a major priority," said Adama Dempster, secretary-general of the Civil Society Human ...

In 2006, Smithsonian magazine spoke to Hondros about his work during the Liberian civil ... memories of war, he still likes the idea of military life: someday, he’d like to be a general in ...

CLAIR MACDOUGALL MONROVIA, Liberia — Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee stood behind a wooden podium in a cramped conference room and recounted her narrow escape from one of the worst massacres in ...

Another said that as he begged Camara for mercy, the Liberian rebel general pulled out a gun ... to enter the United States after a second civil war in Liberia, a conflict that roiled the West ...

He was also pictured in the documentary “Liberia: An Uncivil War,” standing behind American Ambassador John Blaney in 2003, the FBI said Blaney and Sandusky both identified Camara as General ...

LCDR Nehkonti Adams, born in Liberia, fled the Liberian Civil War and later joined the U.S. Navy. Rising through the ranks to become an infectious disease physician, she now returns to Liberia ...