Monrovia – Jankuba Fofana, a former fighter and a frontline commander for the Liberia United for Reconciliation and Democracy, has been arrested in London. The LURD) was a rebel group was active from 1999 until the resignation of Charles Taylor ended the second Liberian war in 2003. While the group formally dissolved after the war, the interpersonal linkages of the civil war era remain a key force in internal Liberian politics. The group’s only stated political purpose during the civil war that followed its rebellion against President Charles Taylor was to force him out of office. Fofana was a major player in the civil war and was at the center of ceasefire talks between Taylor’s forces and LURD at the height of the civil war.

Source: Front Page Africa August 27, 2020 18:56 UTC