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Liberian president killed in coup gets state funeral after 45 years

  • Liberia held a state funeral and reburial ceremony for Samuel Kanyon Doe and Nancy B. Doe on June 27, 2025, in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County.
  • The ceremony followed decades of political unrest after Doe's 1980 coup that ended over a century of Americo-Liberian dominance and led to civil wars ending in 2003.
  • The event also commemorated 14 cabinet members executed in 1980 after sham trials, whose remains remain unfound despite excavations earlier this year.
  • President Joseph Boakai described the occasion as more than just a funeral, emphasizing it as an opportunity for the nation to reflect on its past and seek healing.
  • The state funeral served as a step toward national reconciliation and healing, although many wounds from past atrocities remain unhealed with no war crimes prosecutions in Liberia yet.
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On the fourth day of the national funeral on 27 June, the empty coffin of the former president of Liberia will be buried next to that of his wife, on the family property, in Zwedru.

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Arab News broke the news in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Friday, June 27, 2025.
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