Tag: Warlord
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Ex-Liberian warlord Prince Johnson dies at 72
Ex- Liberian warlord Prince Johnson, a key player in the 1989-2003 back-to-back civil wars, died Thursday aged 72, officials from his party and the Senate revealed. Johnson, who was seen sipping beer in a video as fighters loyal to him tortured then-president Samuel Doe to death in 1990, was an influential senator. Senator Johnson was…
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Reactions as Bianca, Ojukwu wedding pictures surface online
Social media reactions have continued to trail Bianca and Ojukwu’s traditonal and white wedding pictures that recently surfaced online. Although Bianca and Ojukwu had been in a relationship since 1989, they formally married on November 12, 1994. The wedding was the talk of the town in those days; it was a lavish wedding ceremony in…
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Idriss Deby: Warlord in Chad’s elusive peace, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa THE last time I was in Chad was in 2014. In its capital, N’Djamena, I couldn’t resist the feeling that I was in a big rural village. Many of the side streets I went, were either un-tarred or in need of some repair and in some cases, water logged. Desperation was…