A Warlord's Attack on "Fake News"

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Orwellian billboards adorned Monrovia, Liberia, in the time of Charles Taylor. He was convicted in 2012 of war crimes. While in power, Taylor did everything he could to hinder the free press, which, sadly, has become all too common in the current era of aspiring despots. Perhaps Twitter has made the need for billboards obsolete.

An amputee walks past a billboard put up by a dictator

Equating words with violence: a warning against people speaking out against corrupt officials.

Photos of a child soldier in Charles Taylor’s Liberia here.

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