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Ex-fighters stage protest in capital

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    Hundreds of former fighters protested in the capital Monrovia on Monday accusing the leadership of their association of embezzling some US $100,000, Star radio reported on Tuesday.

    The demonstrators, ex-combatants from Liberia’s civil war, attacked their head office and removed the leadership, replacing it with an interim body. The former leaders are also accused of misusing the organisation’s vehicle for commercial purposes. The ex-coordinator of the combatants association, Eric Meyers, has denied the allegations.

    The money was donated to the former combatants association by private sources, Star reported the demonstrators as saying.

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