Liberia is squandering the moral authority it claims at the UN
Its deal to take deportees is the latest in a long history of unequal agreements with the US.
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![Abraham Jackson, 26, has used kush since he was 16. He says his father abandoned him once he became addicted. [Lennart Dodoo/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/preview-1-1785512765.webp?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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