Thousands gathered in northern Liberia on Saturday for the funeral of warlord-turned-politician Prince Johnson, a notorious face of the country's brutal civil wars who died without facing trial. Despite being among eight warlords the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended be prosecuted for gross human rights violations,

Prince Yormie Johnson was a key figure in Liberia's two civil wars between 1989 and 2003, which claimed around 250,000 lives and resulted in massacres, mutilation, rape and the widespread use of ...

Thousands gathered in northern Liberia on Saturday for the funeral of warlord-turned-politician Prince ... mutilation, rape, cannibalism and the widespread use of child soldiers. Johnson became ...

The burial of former warlord Prince Johnson marks the end of a five-day ... claiming around 250,000 lives and resulting in massacres, mutilation, rape, cannibalism and the widespread use of ...

Prince Johnson's widow (C) was among those attending ... torture, forced labour and rape. He went on to become a highly influential senator, acting as kingmaker in the last three presidential ...