Liberia
Monrovia (AFP) - Liberian President George Weah is facing a backlash over his handling of corruption accusations made by the United States against three of his close allies. Washington imposed sanctions on top officials including Liberia's chief prosecutor and Weah's chief of staff earlier this month over corruption allegations tied to multi-million-dollar contracts and at least $1.5 million in diverted public funds. Weah -- a former football star -- suspended the officials, but the affair has continued to dominate headlines in the West African nation, threatening his support ahead of next yea...
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Marshall City (Liberia) (AFP) - Floating on a river boat near a Liberian island, vet Richard Ssuna watches intently as animal carers wade towards the shore hurling fruits and imitating chimpanzee calls as they go. The beach is empty, but the sound of rustling and chimpish grunts begins to fill the green undergrowth. Slowly, an ape knucklewalks out onto the beach to grab some food. He's a high-ranking member of his troop, explains Ssuna, as more chimpanzees follow. The younger ones gambol and hoot in delight as carers throw them bananas, palm nuts and cassava. Sixty-five chimps are spread...
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New York (AFP) - A Liberian accused of having been a rebel leader during the deadly civil war that tore his country apart has been arrested in the United States, suspected of hiding his past to obtain a residence permit, authorities told AFP on Tuesday. Laye Sekou Camara, also known as "K1" and "General Dragon Master," was arrested on Saturday at JFK International Airport in New York, a spokeswoman for the US attorney's office in Pennsylvania told AFP in an email. Camara, who arrived in the United States in 2011, is accused of failing to disclose that he had been "a high-level commander" of ...
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Monrovia (AFP) - The United States has condemned in a strongly worded statement the nomination of notorious former Liberian warlord Prince Johnson to a top defence post and said it would not have any "relationship" with him in his new job. Johnson, a brutal figure in Liberia's first civil war from 1989-1997, was elected head of the Liberian Senate Committee on Defense and Intelligence on Tuesday. A failed presidential candidate and a senator, the 68-year-old sent shockwaves around the world after a video showed him calmly sipping beer while looking on as his men tortured former president Samue...
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