Liberian president issues official apology to civil war victims

Liberia’s president issued a formal state apology to the victims of the country’s two civil wars between 1989 and 2003 on Saturday, during an official ceremony.

“To every victim of our civil wars, to every broken family, to every shattered dream, we say: we are sorry”, he said. “The State could have done more”, the president added.

An estimated 250 000 people died during the two conflicts, with many more wounded or psychologically broken…