Liberia: Boakai Unveils Design for Liberia's First Civil War Memorial As War Crimes Court Bill Waits

Liberia: Boakai Unveils Design for Liberia's First Civil War Memorial As War Crimes Court Bill Waits

MONROVIA -- Liberia will begin building its first national memorial to the people killed in its civil wars in mid-2027, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai said Friday as he unveiled a prototype of the memorial wall at the Executive Mansion. The memorial is the first major government action on a war-era recommendation that successive administrations left untouched for nearly two decades.