Thousands gathered in northern Liberia on Saturday for the funeral of warlord-turned-politician Prince Johnson, a notorious face of the country's brutal civil wars who died without facing trial.

Prince Yormie Johnson was a key figure in Liberia's two civil wars between 1989 and 2003, which claimed around 250,000 lives and resulted in massacres, mutilation, rape and the widespread use of ...

The burial of former warlord Prince Johnson marks the end of a five-day state funeral - Copyright AFP Julie JAMMOT The burial of former warlord Prince Johnson marks ...