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Liberia: Half of all Heart Disease and Stroke Deaths Caused by Air Pollution

Paynesville City, April 3 -- Last year John F. B. Flumo's dream of educating the children of this community died. Toxic gases and smoke coming from the neighboring Whein Town landfill had been pouring... Read More


Climate Change Brings New Harm to Liberia: Children Missing School

YARPAH TOWN, April 3 -- Betty Miller is a single mother of six children aged six to 13. She is also a farmer, one of many here have struggled to feed and educate their children in the past four years ... Read More


Liberia: French Court of Appeal upholds Guilty Verdict for Liberian Warlord

Liberia, March 28 -- By Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh with New Narratives PARIS, France - An appeal court here has upheld the 2022 conviction of Kunti Kamara, a former commander of the Ulimo rebel group, for... Read More


Liberia: Lawyers for Former Rebel Commander Demand French Appeal Court to Acquit

Liberia, March 28 -- By Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh with New Narratives PARIS, France - As the appeal of a former commander of the rebel group Ulimo, of his 2022 war crimes conviction enters its final days... Read More


Convicted War Criminal Kosiah Gives Fiery Defense in French Appeal of Fellow Rebel Commander

Liberia, March 15 -- By Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh and Prue Clarke with New Narratives PARIS, France - In a wandering, combative and, at times angry, testimony convicted warlord Alieu Kosiah laid out an a... Read More


Liberia: Former Rebel Lashes Out at Accusers in Appeal of French War Crimes Conviction

Liberia, March 14 -- The Paris Palace of Justice, hosting Kunti Kamara's appeal of his 2022 war crimes conviction By Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh and Prue Clarke with New Narratives PARIS, France - Convict... Read More


Liberia: Witnesses Tell Paris Appeal Court that Ulimo Brought Terror and Anarchy to Lofa County.

PARIS, France, March 13 -- Witnesses from Foya in Lofa County gave the court hearing former rebel leader Kunti Kamara's appeal of his 2022 war crimes conviction a deeper sense of the terror and chaos ... Read More


Liberia: Judge Weighs Defense Motion To Abandon Kamara War Crimes Appeal in France

PARIS, France, March 8 -- Defense lawyers in the appeal of Kunti Kamara of his 2022 conviction for crimes against humanity, called for the trial to be abandoned on Wednesday. They entered a motion mak... Read More


In New Line of Defense, Lawyers Tell French Court Convicted Ulimo War Criminal Was Too Young to be Held Responsible for Crimes.

Liberia, March 7 -- If that were true he would have been 15 when the crimes for which he was convicted, took place in Lofa in 1993. In France accused perpetrators must be tried in a juvenile court if ... Read More


Liberia: Convicted Ulimo War Criminal Kunti Kamara's Appeal Begins in Paris Court

PARIS, France, March 6 -- Kunti Kamara's appeal of his November 2022 conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity got underway at the Paris Court of Appeal on Tuesday. Kumara, a former rebel ... Read More