The United States Embassy in Liberia announced Friday that the U.S. would put sanctions on ex-warlord Prince Yormie Johnson, a current senator for the Liberian government accused of involvement in ...

Prince Yormie Johnson, Liberian warlord-turned-politician, who became infamous for the 1990 footage of him sipping beer while the-then president was tortured nearby, has died at the age of 72.

Prince Yormie Johnson (Prince was his first name, not a title) was born on July 6, 1952, in Nimba, the largest of Liberia’s counties and once an important source of iron ore, gold and diamonds.

A Liberian rights activist tells RFI it was "painful" to see Johnson commemorated as a hero. Prince Yormie Johnson was a key figure in Liberia's two civil wars between 1989 and 2003, which ...

Prince Yormie Johnson (6 July 1952 - 28 November 2024) was a Liberian warlord and politician, who served as a senator for Nimba County from 2006 to 2024. Once a rebel leader, Johnson played a ...

“I’m standing strong.” Prince Yormie Johnson was born in Tapeta in north-central Liberia on July 6, 1952. Prince is a common first name in Liberia and had no royal meaning, although during ...

FILE - Liberia Senator Prince Yormie Johnson attends an election rally in Monrovia, Liberia, Nov. 6, 2011. The U.S. government has sanctioned Liberias ex-warlord and current senator Prince Yormie ...

MONROVIA, LiberiaMONROVIA, Liberia — The U.S. government has sanctioned Liberia’s ex-warlord and current senator Prince Yormie Johnson for alleged corruption. The sanctions against Johnson ...

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - The U.S. government has sanctioned Liberia's ex-warlord and current senator Prince Yormie Johnson for alleged corruption. The sanctions against Johnson come under the ...

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The U.S. government has sanctioned Liberias ex-warlord and current senator Prince Yormie Johnson for alleged corruption. The sanctions against Johnson, announced in Liberia on Friday Dec. 10 ...