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  • Liberia court: Hundreds of thousands of people were killed in Liberia's consecutive civil wars. Credit: Mark Fischer.
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    “You have to face justice so I can get peace”: Calls for war court in Liberia

    By Lucinda Rouse
    February 14, 2019
    15 years after the brutal war ended, no one has been prosecuted in Liberia and many victims feel they’ve been forgotten. In July 1990, ...
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    Insiders Insight: Stealing blood from West Africa

    By Insiders' Newsletter
    February 12, 2019
    African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional ...
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    Liberia: How is President Weah faring one year on?

    By Ibrahim Al-bakri Nyei
    January 22, 2019
    One turbulent year after George Weah came to power, the challenges are starting to pile up, but hope remains. One year ago today, ordinary ...
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    Liberia’s President Weah 100 days in: Promises made, promises kept?

    By Stephen D. Kollie
    May 2, 2018
    George Weah was elected to office vowing to usher in widespread change. How’s he faring so far? For most of the past three decades, ...
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    Liberia: The best thing George Weah can do with his new powers is give some away

    By Ibrahim Al-bakri Nyei
    January 31, 2018
    President Weah has promised to decentralise power, but the temptation to delay or renege on this commitment now he’s in office will be great.  ...
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    Liberia’s presidential runoff: On the strange appeal of George Weah

    By Bram Posthumus
    November 1, 2017
    Why do so many people want the inexperienced and untested former footballer to be president? Back in 2005, when Liberia held its first elections ...
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  • The two contenders: Joseph Boakai (left) and George Weah (right).
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    Liberia’s election run-off: A choice between two imperfect options

    By Ibrahim Al-bakri Nyei
    October 26, 2017
    Keeping the incumbent party in office may be difficult to bear, but hope that the opposition will bring change may also be misplaced. Musa ...
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  • George Weah supporters await his arrival at the party headquarters in Congo Town, Monrovia. Credit: Stephen Kollie.
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    Could a former winner of the Ballon d’Or become Liberia’s next president?

    By Stephen D. Kollie
    September 19, 2017
    George Weah was the presidential runner-up in 2005. Ahead of the October vote, he is drawing huge crowds again and hopes to do one ...
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  • Liberia is preparing for its third set of elections since the end of the civil war. Credit: Brittany Danisch.
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    Runners and riders: Liberia gears up for most unpredictable elections yet

    By Robtel Neajai Pailey & David Harris
    September 14, 2017
    With President Sirleaf set to step down after 12 years in office, 20 candidates are competing to replace her. On 10 October 2017, Liberia ...
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    Transforming Liberia’s media: Time to pay our own “transport costs”

    By Jefferson Krua
    July 28, 2017
    Spelling errors, lack of independence, and “stipends” for covering events are commonplace in Liberia’s media. We decided to do something about it. On a ...
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