Post-war Liberia in a photo by Elliott Verdier

The population of Liberia generally does not talk about the bloody civil war that took place from 1989 to 2003. Not a single memorial has been built, nor has any day been dedicated to the memory of the brutal conflict. The country largely refuses to officially condemn its perpetrators, which hinders the process of collective healing and the possibility of social recognition of the mass killings. More than 250,000 people died. Children were conscripted into the army. A collective feeling of abandonment and resignation fills the void created by the government's inaction, which has led to the emergence of a new generation of Liberians with an uncertain future and a limited ability to reconcile with their past.

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