Half of Liberians fear country could plunge back into war
DAKAR- Half of all Liberians think their West African nation could plunge back into conflict more than a decade after civil war ended, due to widespread corruption and rows over land, an aid agency said on Thursday.
Systemic corruption in the public sector, disputes over land ownership and high rates of youth unemployment were cited by Liberians as the three main factors that could incite violence in a survey carried out by the Catholic Relief Services (CRS).
"Liberians are telling the world that the causes of the long civil wars are still there and they have genuine fears of their country returning to violence," Jennifer Overton, regional director for CRS in West Africa, said in a statement.
The country is still recovering from two brutal civil wars, which spanned 14 years before ending in 2003, and an Ebola outbreak which killed some 4,800 people between 2014 and 2016.
