Dounard Bondo

Lagos, Monrovia

Freelance Journalist and Writer at Freelance

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It is time Liberia enacts legislation banning FGM

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Dounard Bondo

Liberia-based lawyer and journalist In 2022, the National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia (NACCEL) announced a three-year moratorium on female genital mutilation (FGM). A year later, the council made another proclamation to ban FGM and then held ceremonies to end the practice in five of the 11 counties where FGM is practised. However, despite the ban, there have been continuing reports of FGM activity.
Will a war crimes court heal, or reopen, the wounds of Liberia’s civil war?

Jun 18, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Dounard Bondo

Monrovia, Liberia – Rufus Katee, 60, remembers Liberia’s civil wars well. It was July 1990 when the then-26-year-old ran to escape the fighting between armed groups and soldiers in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia. He fled to St Peter’s Lutheran Church in search of safety. list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3list 2 of 3list 3 of 3end of list“There were a lot of civilians who took refuge in the church. But I didn’t know I was going for my suffering,” Katee said, recalling the harrowing events that followed.
Liberia Moves to Create War Crimes Court, Decades After Civil Wars Ended

May 3, 2024 | nytimes.com | Dounard Bondo

Liberia's president has signed an executive order establishing a war crimes court, the culmination of a decades-long effort to bring justice to victims of the country's two civil wars, which killed an estimated 250,000 people from 1989 to 2003. Lawmakers in Parliament - including some who are expected to face prosecution under the court - had passed a resolution calling for the move last month.
Liberia: Will Liberia's Joseph Boakai Come Out As a Pillar of Justice or a Beacon of the Establishment?

Apr 17, 2024 | allafrica.com | Dounard Bondo

analysisEstablishing the War and Economic Crimes Court was among Candidate Boakai strongest campaign pledges. As president, it is his most vexing duty. In January 2024, a Court of Appeal in Finland upheld the acquittal of Gibril Massaquoi on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges during the Second Liberian Civil War (1999 - 2003).
African Arguments

Apr 17, 2024 | africanarguments.org | Dounard Bondo |Mourad Teyeb

In January 2024, a Court of Appeal in Finland upheld the acquittal of Gibril Massaquoi on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges during the Second Liberian Civil War (1999 – 2003). Massaquoi, 54, and a Sierra Leonean by birth, is a former top-ranking member and spokesperson of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), the Sierra Leonean rebel group that reigned terror on civilians during that country’s civil war between 1991 and 2002.
Will Liberia's Joseph Boakai come out as a pillar of justice or a beacon of the establishment? | African Arguments

Apr 17, 2024 | globaldiasporanews.com | Dounard Bondo

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Liberia senate votes to establish war crimes court

Apr 14, 2024 | theguardian.com | Dounard Bondo

Senators in Liberia have voted overwhelmingly to establish a war crimes court, two decades after civil conflict ended in the west African country. The new court will investigate and try crimes against humanity and corruption committed during Liberia’s two civil wars between 1989 and 2003, which killed up to 250,000 people. Peterson Sonyah, the executive director of the Liberia Massacre Survivors Association, said: “This is what we have been advocating for over the years.
Liberia: Who’s who in President Josph Boakai’s inner circle?

Feb 20, 2024 | theafricareport.com | Dounard Bondo

Veteran politician Joseph Boakai is a quiet man who seeks and listens to advice from those around him. He was sworn in as Liberia’s new president on 22 January, following his victory in the November 2023 run-off election against George Weah. Get full access to The Africa Report
Can President Boakai deliver war crimes justice in Liberia?

Jan 10, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Dounard Bondo |Leshan Kroma

Joseph Boakai, who secured a narrow victory against incumbent George Weah in a November run-off election, is set to be inaugurated as Liberia’s new president on January 22. The 78-year-old political veteran won the tightly contested race on a promise to address corruption, work towards societal “peace and reconciliation” and deliver justice to the many victims of Liberia’s civil wars (in 1989-1997 and 1999-2003), which killed more than 200,000 people and displaced millions of others.
Liberia: more than 200 inmates protest amid calls to reform prison system

Dec 21, 2023 | theguardian.com | Dounard Bondo

Calls for reform of Liberia’s notorious prison system have intensified after more than 200 inmates held a protest at a facility in the northern Nimba County earlier this month over what they described as the government’s failure to provide them with adequate food and medication. Complaints about the west African country’s prisons are longstanding. Prisons are routinely severely overcrowded and inmates suffer from a lack of access to basic medical facilities, sanitary items and uniforms.