Hundreds of people gathered on Friday in rural Liberia for the state funeral of authoritarian former president, Samuel Doe, 35 years after his assassination, part of the country’s ongoing ...

Monrovia, Liberia, September 9, 1990: Many Liberians once thought that President Samuel Doe was invulnerable, protected by powerful black magic. But, in the video, he is slumped on the floor, his ...

The Republic of Liberia has taken two major steps in attempts to come to terms with, and achieve closure on, its bloody history. In 2006, former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, organised a Truth and ...

MONROVIA (Reuters) - Prince Johnson revelled in sweet revenge after capturing Liberian President Samuel Doe in 1990, celebrating with cans of Budweiser as his fighters mutilated the toppled leader ...

A rebel leader in Liberia’s civil wars, he was accused of numerous atrocities. The most notorious was the videotaped mutilation and killing of President Samuel Doe. By Trip Gabriel Prince Johnson, a ...

Hundreds gathered on Friday in rural Liberia for the state funeral of authoritarian former leader Samuel Doe decades after his assassination, a reconciliation effort the president described as meant ...