Liberia, Aug. 3 -- Survivors of the 1990 massacre by Armed Forces of Liberia soldiers at Monrovia's St. Peter's Lutheran Church used the 36th anniversary commemoration to demand the government speed up promised reparations and war crimes court. Liberia's military leaders used the event to formally express regret for the first time for the military's role in the massacre that killed 600 men, women and children in just 24 hours. Survivors unveiled a new memorial honoring those killed in the massacre. By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives

SINKOR, Monrovia -Victims and survivors of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church massacre, one of the bloodiest atrocities of Liberia's 14-year civil conflict, had expected that ...