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Liberia celebrates its bicentenary and ties to the US with celebrations in Monrovia

Liberians at Samuel K. Doe Sports Stadium in Paynesville, outside Monrovia, celebrate Liberia's 200th anniversary as a country and the return of free Black enslaved people. © RFI/Darlington Porkpa

Liberia has marked its "year of return" and bicentennial anniversary of the return of free black slaves from the United States to Liberia with ceremonies attended by foreign dignitaries in and around the capital, Monrovia.

At the packed event held at Samuel K. Doe Sports Stadium in Paynesville, outside Monrovia, President George Weah stressed the need for genuine unity, reconciliation and coexistence among Liberians.

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