MONROVIA, Jan. 5 -- The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL), Brigadier General, Prince C. Johnson, has disclosed that the high level of coordination and cooperation among security actors in the Mano River Union (MRU) region makes it difficult for any group to rage war or any external form of insurrection in Liberia, but the militarizing of young people by both the ruling and opposition political parties remain a threat to the country's peace and stability.

General Johnson pointed out that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between MRU countries, particularly Sierra Leone and Guinea, to subvert acts which have the proclivity to destabilize the region.

He maintained that it remains impossible for anyone to r...