Liberia’s former president William Tolbert symbolically reburied, 45 years after his murder

Liberia’s former president William Tolbert has been symbolically reburied, 45 years after he was murdered during a coup.  

Thirteen members of Tolbert’s cabinet were executed following sham trials and their bodies believed to have been dumped in a mass grave.  

On Tuesday, at a ceremony attended by Liberia’s incumbent president, Joseph Boakai, the 14 men were given a state funeral. A grave dug during the ceremony was left empty in…