| Hundreds of Liberians marched on Tuesday to urge visiting U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to establish a war crimes tribunal to restore justice to the West African country ravaged by a 14-year civil war. Carrying 16 coffins draped in black cloth on their heads, the demonstrators marched through the centre of the war-scarred capital Monrovia to the headquarters of the United Nations mission, where Annan was staying during a tour of West Africa. The coffins represented the dead from each of Liberia's 15 counties and one for the soldiers from the West African peacekeeping force ECOMOG, Boakai Jaliba, Secretary General for the group, told Reuters. Demonstrators carried white cloth banners reading: "U.N., we need war crimes court in Liberia" and "The dead need justice". |