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Years After Nigeria Pulled Out Troops, COAS To Address 69th Armed Forces Of Liberia Day Celebration

Global UpfrontFeb 11, 2026February 11, 20260

Years after Nigeria pulled its troops from the once war-torn country, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of Nigerian Army, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has arrived

A Hero Without a Medal: How Emmanuel Chukwu Saved 1,000 Nigerians During Liberian War And Was Abandoned By The Nigerian Government

Global UpfrontJul 11, 2025July 11, 20250

In 1989, as Liberia erupted into civil war and bloodshed swept across its cities, one Nigerian man made a choice that would define his legacy,

Former Liberia Warlord Prince Johnson Dies At 72

Global UpfrontNov 29, 2024November 29, 20240

Liberian former warlord Prince Johnson, a leading figure in the country’s brutal civil wars who was accused of carrying out massacres, torture and rapes, died

Liberian Warlord-Turned Senator Prince Yommie Johnson Slips In His Bathroom, Dies At 72

Global UpfrontNov 28, 2024November 28, 20240

Senator Prince Yommie Johnson, the leader of the erstwhile Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL), is dead. Family sources confirmed that Senator Johnson collapsed

Liberia’s War Crime Tribunal Fails Before it Begins

Global UpfrontSep 23, 2024September 23, 20240

By Michael Rubin, National Security Journal, September 23, 2024 Against the backdrop of African conflict, Liberia’s two turn-of-the-century wars were fierce, replete with forced impressment of

Liberia Transferred Power Peacefully Again: 3 Reasons The Calm Is Holding, And One Red Flag

Global UpfrontJan 24, 2024January 24, 20240

By Charles Wratto Joseph Boakai was sworn in as Liberia’s 26th president on 22 January 2024. Boakai secured a six year term of office after