Danesius Marteh

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Danesius Marteh (Liberia) is a staff writer for Front Line Printers (owners of Front Page Africa newspaper). He reports of everything that is news, such as politics, sports, the environment, transitional justice and developmental news.

He worked as a senior reporting at UNMIL Radio 91.5 FM for five years. He was nominated as a sports journalist for the 2009 National Excellence Awards. His hobbies are reading, writing, games and swimming.

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Amputee football

Liberia is rebuilding after a devastating 14-year civil war that ended with a peace deal in 2003. One legacy of the civil war is the country’s legion of amputees. The amputees were initially rejected from the society for being active combatants in the war that spilled over into neighboring countries, notably Sierra Leone. Football is now serving as a useful tool for their reintegration and is even earning them heroic status.

By Danesius Marteh - 8 March 2010 - Audio