Liberian Fisherman, Youth Leader Killed Along Ivorian Border – Community Demands Justice

A Liberian youth leader was reportedly shot and killed along the Cavalla River over the weekend in what residents say is another deadly act of aggression by Ivorian security forces along the volatile Liberia-Ivory Coast border.

Roland Gweyea, Youth President of Ziway Town, was killed on Saturday, November 8, while fishing near the river that separates the two countries. He had left home early that morning with a young Burkinabé boy whose identity has not yet been released. The boy later returned…