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  • 🇱🇷 How the CIA Helped Ruin Liberia- OpED

    🇱🇷 How the CIA Helped Ruin Liberia- OpED

    In the 1980s, Samuel K. Doe was the CIA’s boy. He was one of Africa’s worst rulers, who provided bases used for subversion campaigns across Africa and upheld the interests of Firestone Rubber. When Doe lost his utility, the CIA supported Charles Taylor who helped trigger Liberia’s ruinous civil war in the 1990s. On April…

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  • Disturbing News from Nimba County, Liberia

    Disturbing News from Nimba County, Liberia

    MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Prince Johnson, the Liberian former warlord and senator whose brutal tactics shocked the world, has died at the age of 72, authorities said Thursday. Johnson, who infamously videotaped himself drinking Budweiser as his men cut off the ears of the nation’s former president, remained active in politics after the civil war…

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  • Floods in Nelabatu, Nimba County, Liberia: Creek Overflow Causes Devastation

    In the town of Nelabatu, Nimba County, Liberia, a disastrous flood has swept through the region, leaving destruction in its wake. The flooding began when a local creek, known to residents as a lifeline for water and fishing, overflowed due to heavy, continuous rainfall that began early this week. The relentless downpour caused the creek…

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