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Johnson was born in Tapeta, Nimba County, in the east-central interior of the country, and was brought up by an uncle in the capital city of Monrovia.In 1971, while living in Monrovia, he joined the Liberian National Guard (LNG), which was transformed into the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) in the aftermath of Samuel Doe's 1980 overthrow of President William R. Tolbert.
It was a breakaway faction of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL). The INPFL was formed by Prince Johnson after a leadership dispute with NPFL leader Charles Taylor over his authority as self-proclaimed head of the National Patriotic Reconstruction Assembly Government (NPRAG), an alternative government that was based in the Bong ...
Johnson was born on July 12, 1976, in Monrovia. [4] Johnson hails from a Mano family. [5] Johnson's father, Lt. Gen. Prince C. Johnson II had served as Chief of Staff of the EMG Division of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia during the Civil War and as Commanding General of the AFL during the presidency of Charles Taylor.
President Doe was captured in Monrovia on 9 September 1990, by Prince Y. Johnson, one of Liberia's most infamous warlords and former leader of INPFL, a breakaway faction of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia. Prince Y. Johnson took President Doe to his military base where he brutally tortured him until death. [16]
In 2010, former warlord, Nimba County Senator Prince Johnson founded the National Union for Democratic Progress (NUDP). [1] He contested the 2011 presidential election with the party. [2] Ahead of the 2014 Senate election, Johnson was expelled from the NUDP. [3] Johnson won re-election to the Senate as an independent. [4]
Johnson, whose net worth Forbes estimates at $550 million, also partnered with the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corp. to create a $30 million development fund for small and midsize businesses ...
The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was released on 1 July 2009. The Final Report was nearly 400 pages and included the mandate of the TRC, the methodology used in arriving at its findings, the background of the conflict in Liberia, a summary of its process of collecting information, reports of its findings, and finally its recommendations to prevent atrocities like ...
Lieutenant General Prince C. Johnson II was a Liberian military officer.. Johnson hailed from a Mano family. [1] He joined the Armed Forces of Liberia in 1977. [2]During the First Liberian Civil War, Johnson served as Chief of Staff of the EMG Division of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia between 1993 and 1996. [3]