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Liberia: War Crimes Trial Hears “Angel Gabriel” Ordered Children Burned Alive

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 admin2Africa, Liberia, New Narratives, War Crimes0 comment

Mae Azango, New Narratives Justice Correspondent MONROVIA, Liberia – Three witnesses appearing in the ongoing war crimes trial former Revolutionary United Front commander, Gibril Massaquoi told the court harrowing stories on Tuesday. The first witness, a 45-year old man, from the Lofa County village of Karmatahun, said “Angel Gabriel” as Massaquoi was known during the war, order his men to burn about 25 small children alive in a cook shop and burn others in a nearby house. “I was standing right there and saw it with my two eyes, when…

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Witness Accuses Massaquoi of Burning Civilians Alive

April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 admin2Finland, New Narratives, War Crimes0 comment

By Mae Azango, New Narratives Senior Justice Correspondent MONROVIA – A witness in the ongoing war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi in Monrovia has accused the ex-Sierra Leonean rebel commander of burning one hundred civilians alive in Kolahun District, Lofa County in 2001. The man, the second of three persecution witnesses on Monday told Finnish judges on Monday that Massaquoi ordered the victims, including women and children, to crowd a house in Karmatahhun and then ordered rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) to pour it with gasoline…

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Massaquoi Accused of Killing Almost an Entire Town

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 admin2Angel Gabriel, Finland, War Crimes0 comment

Massaquoi Accused of Killing Almost an Entire Town

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Witness at Massaquoi Trial links Charles Taylor to Blood Diamonds

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 admin2Finland, New Narratives, War Crimes Trial0 comment

Mae Azango New Narratives Justice Correspondent MONROVIA, Liberia – A witness told the Finnish court hearing the war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi on Friday, that the former leader of the Sierra Leonean rebel group the Revolutionary United Front gave then Liberian President Charles Taylor gold and diamonds in exchange for arms and ammunitions to fuel Liberia’s civil war. Taylor is serving a 50-year prison sentence in a United Kingdom prison for aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone. He has never faced charges…

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Liberia: War Crimes Court Hears “Angel Gabriel” roasted women and children

April 5, 2021April 6, 2021 admin2Angel Gabriel, Gabril Massaquoi, War Crimes0 comment

Mae Azango, New Narratives Justice correspondent MONROVIA, Liberia – A former government soldier told the Finnish war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi, the former Revolutionary United Front commander, harrowing stories Wednesday of Massaquoi massacring women and children in Lofa County and roasting them. “Gibril Massaquoi killed women and children and opened up the bodies and roasted them just like roasted meat,” said the soldier codenamed “Soldier 1” by the court to conceal his identity. “Soldier 1” told the court his brother, a child, was among the victims. “He…

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‘Greed, Wickedness Undermining Liberia’s Image’ -Pearl Brown Bull

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 admin2Africa, corruption, Liberia0 comment

By Mae Azango MONROVIA — A Liberian clergywoman and lawyer, Rev. Cllr. Dr. Pearl Browne Bull, says the image and prosperity of Liberia are under threat as a result of greed for money and wickedness. Delivering her sermon at Liberia’s oldest church, the Providence Baptist Church in celebration of its 200 years of existence, Rev. Cllr. Bull acknowledged that a country with a great Christian history such as Liberia stands on the verge of collapse if wickedness and greed for selfish wealth accumulation remain the order of the day. According…

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George Weah arrested for insulting French police and resisting arrest, faces court date

March 28, 2021March 28, 2021 admin2Arrest, George Weah Jr, Parties0 comment

Staff Report RFI—George Weah Jr, the son of Liberia’s president, was brought into custody on Wednesday morning over charges of public disorder for noise nuisance related to a house party in Paris during the Covid-19 lockdown, according to French media. Updated 19th of March, 2021: George Weah Junior, son of the president of Liberia, was brought before the judicial court in Versailles just outside Paris yesterday, the 18th of March. The court has placed him under judicial supervision pending his hearing scheduled for 9th of May for disturbing…

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SA’s Top Diplomat In Los Angeles Is Becoming Somewhat Embarrassing

March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 admin20 comment

Times are tough here in South Africa, and any cent that is budgeted towards the SAA rescue plan (not a bailout, remember), for example, has to come from somewhere. In SAA’s case, that’s healthcare, police, schools, and other budgets slashed so politicians can fly around on our national carrier, but I’m sure the kids using pit toilets are delighted to hear that SAA is well looked after. If you manage to score a gig as a South African foreign diplomat, it’s not just free flights that come your way. The…

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Frustrations mount against George Weah led government as hard-times grip citizens amidst high level corruption

March 2, 2021March 3, 2021 admin2corruption, Liberia, Weah0 comment

By Socrates S. Saywon The CDC led Weah government has placed zero efforts in the fight against corruption, according to various reports this writer has seen. The administration of George Weah has been in power for over three years since taking over from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2017, yet Liberians and the nation have not felt the economic impact or any improvements in their lives, and with three years in his regime, the country has less to celebrate. According to reports, the economic situation has worsened beyond imagination,…

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Why was George Weah Jr Arrested in Paris?

February 16, 2021 admin2Arrest, George Weah Jr, Paris0 comment

The son of the Liberian president, George Weah Jr., was arrested following a raucous house party he hosted, despite the 6pm curfew. The incident has provoked a small diplomatic incident between his country and France. It’s not the first time that hosting such an event has gotten him into trouble. “The excesses of a few cannot ruin the efforts of all.” A little more than 48 hours after French Prime Minister Jean Castex chastised the organizers of “clandestine parties.” The fact that police had to intervene to end such…