Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott faces biggest test yet A Liberian immigrant who moved to Minnesota at age 11, Elliott has used his pulpit to speak in support of racial equity reforms on several fronts. April 15, 2021 7:41pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Mike Elliott was elected Brooklyn Center s first Black mayor in 2018, swept into office as a charismatic change candidate who intimately understood one of Minnesota s most diverse cities and could transform it, as his campaign literature said, from stagnant status quo to a vibrant city.
Then, in a matter of moments on Sunday when Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter shot and killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man the stakes skyrocketed.
ULIMO Commander Kunti K. Will Face Trial in France for Crimes Against Humanity
ULIMO Commander Kunti K. Will Face Trial in France for Crimes Against Humanity
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PARIS, France The investigating chamber of the Paris Court of Appeals confirmed the referral to trial in France of Kunti K., former Liberian commander of the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO), for crimes allegedly committed during the First Liberian Civil War (1989-1996).
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In November 2020, the investigating judge in his closing order had requested the indictment of Kunti K. for crimes of torture and barbaric acts. The Prosecutor appealed the failure to indict for crimes against humanity. The investigating chamber found in favor of the Prosecutor, by expanding the indictment to cover crimes against humanity in addition to crimes of torture and acts of barbarism that had been ordered by the investigating judge.
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The Monrovia City Mayor, Jefferson Koijee, has lauded the intervention of the Nigerian government which helped to end the civil war which rocked Liberia over 30 years ago.
He also said the Liberian authorities plan to build a memorial park in honour of those who lost their lives during the Liberia civil wars.
Mr Koijee said this during a visit to PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday in Abuja.
He was accompanied by the
ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) Commissioner for General Administration and Conferences, Vafolay Tulay, (a Liberian) and two other officials.
The official, who said Nigeria played a pivotal role in ending the bloody conflict, said the park would also document the ‘supreme sacrifice’ nationals of other countries paid to ensure the West African nation navigated the challenging period and peace returned.
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