Liberia celebrates bicentenary of its foundation by freed slaves

Many Afro-Americans are fascinated by Liberia, a small West African country founded by freed slaves from the United States. Some visit the country, while others even move there. But 200 years after its foundation, the nation still bears the scars of the brutal civil wars of the 1980s and 1990s. FRANCE 24’s Sophie Lamotte and Sadia Mandjo report.