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Blahyi fought on the side of Samuel Doe (pictured) during the First Liberian Civil War.. Joshua Milton Blahyi was born on 30 September 1971, in Monrovia, Liberia.He was born into a Krahn family, some of whom resided in Sinoe County, located in the south of the country; among the Krahn people, belief in child sacrifice and black magic was common. [1]
At the time, Johnson still lived with a small loyal militia in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. After some minor armed altercations, almost all of Johnson's followers were finally killed by Taylor's security forces during a major firefight in September 1998, though Johnson himself managed to flee into the United States embassy.
He returned to Liberia in 1989 as the head of a Libyan-backed rebel group, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia, to overthrow the Doe government, initiating the First Liberian Civil War (1989–1996). Following Doe's execution, Taylor gained control of a large portion of the country and became one of the most prominent warlords in Africa. [3]
The Crocodile Society was a West African secret society that practised cannibalism. The Crocodile Society existed in Liberia and Sierra Leone in the late 1800s and early 1900s. [ 1 ]
Kunti Kamara, a.k.a. Kunti Kumara, [1] Kunti K., [2] [3] [4] Colonel Kamara, CO Kamara ("Commanding Officer Kamara") [5] or Co Kamara, [3] whose real name may be Awaliho Soumaworo, [6] is a former Liberian rebel militia commander who participated in the First Liberian Civil War as a leader in the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO).
Amid the pending fate of its co-parent company Vice Media Group, Vice TV is focusing on its latest season of “Dark Side of the Ring,” and Vice Studios-produced projects recently launched on ...
LURD commander "Gen. Cobra" with his guards . The First Liberian Civil War ended in August 1997 when Charles Taylor took power as the President of Liberia.Taylor had initiated the war when he and his militia, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), invaded the country from the Ivory Coast to overthrow President Samuel Doe in December 1989.
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photo GettyBELLINZONA, Switzerland—Allegations of rape, killing, and cannibalism made the man an outlaw who victims say roared like a lion before striking ...