Monrovia, July 7 -- President Joseph Boakai has issued an official apology on behalf of the Liberian nation "to every victim of our civil conflict"- ending more than two decades of waiting by victims, survivors and advocates seeking accountability for wartime atrocities.

The president apologized on Saturday during a state-sponsored "National Healing, Reconciliation and Unity Program" at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ministerial Complex for those killed, injured and displaced during the wars, the Ebola epidemic and Covid pandemic. It was the climax of what the government said was the first phase of a national reconciliation exercise launched earlier this year and including the reburials of William Tolbert and Samuel Doe, two ex-presidents wi...