Liberian President Joseph Boakai has launched what his office describes as an unprecedented reconciliation campaign, overseeing memorial services for two assassinated presidents and issuing the government's first apology to war victims.
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- President Boakai launched a national reconciliation campaign with a memorial ceremony for murdered leaders.
- Boakai issued Liberia's first government apology to war victims and pledged to create an annual Day of Remembrance. 26s
- The campaign includes reburial efforts for President Tolbert and cabinet members killed in the 1980 coup. 51s
- Boakai's reconciliation effort also honors President Samuel Doe, who was killed a decade after Tolbert. 1m 38s
- Despite calls for justice, domestic war crimes prosecutions have not started, though Boakai has renewed an executive order to establish a war crimes court. 1m 55s