Tag: William Richard Tolbert
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π±π·Liberia Confronts Its Bloody Past: Fallen President Tolbert Finally Laid to Rest 45 Years After Brutal Coup
Forty-five years after being gunned down in a military coup and dumped in an unmarked grave, Liberia’s slain President William Tolbert has finally received a proper burial β in a powerful act of national reckoning. The April 12, 1980 coup didn’t just topple Tolbert β it unleashed a wave of terror. Ten days later, 13…
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Liberian president killed in coup gets state funeral after 45 years
Liberia’s former President William Tolbert has had a symbolic reburial, 45 years after he was murdered during a coup and his body was believed to have been dumped in a mass grave. Ten days after the president’s killing, following trials by a kangaroo court, 13 of his cabinet were stripped, tied to stakes and then…
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