Monrovia, April 21 -- A Liberian father residing in the United States is pleading with the Government of Liberia and international partners to take swift diplomatic action to rescue his son, who remains stranded and in grave danger in war-torn Ukraine.

By Willie Tokpah, willie.tokpah@frontpageafricaonline.com

Nyenetu Jarkloh, a Liberian citizen currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, says his 21-year-old son, Julian Jarkloh, is at serious risk of forced military conscription, racist violence, and psychological trauma amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Despite multiple appeals and outreach to Liberian diplomatic missions in Europe, Mr. Jarkloh says no concrete action has been taken to extract his son from the danger zone.

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