Liberia: Nobel Laureate Urges Voters to Stop Rewarding Warlords With Votes At One of Two Events Marking Liberia’s 20th Anniversary of Peace

Monrovia — Liberian Nobel Peace prize laureate Leymah Gbowee urged Liberian voters not to elect alleged warlords in October’s elections at one of two events held Friday to commemorate 20 years since the signing of the Accra Peace Agreement that brought an end to 14 years of conflict in 2003.

Gbowee spoke at an event hosted by Liberian advocates for a war crimes court, along with international organizations Human Rights Watch and U.S.-based Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA). Also among…