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From Street Seller to Presidential Special Envoy: the Rocky Journey of Mohammed Bah

From Street Seller to Presidential Special Envoy: the Rocky Journey of Mohammed Bah

On April 18, President Joseph Boakai named Mohammed Maladho Bah, as Presidential Special Envoy on Investment, ignited a storm of public criticism, with many labeling Bah as a criminal and unfit for the position. But there’s more to his story.

Now Breadwinners, Ex-Rebels in Liberia and Sierra Leone Work in Mines They Ran

As a commander of the Small Boy Unit —a brigade of child-soldiers of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia — Emmanuel Gaye guarded civilians his adult commanders captured on a goldmine in River Cess. He monitored their movement and activities. Nearly 18 years after the war, the 36-year-old has returned to the mines. But this time, he’s a civilian – a husband and father of two.

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