Liberia's young 投票者s engage for 平和的な 選挙s
More than 60 パーセント of Liberians are under 25 years old
In a schoolroom, young Liberians take it in turns to draw an image 表明するing what they 恐れる most as they become 適格の to 投票（する） for the first time.
One of the 18- to 25-year-olds 描写するs a man on the ground, 涙／ほころびs rolling 負かす／撃墜する his 直面する, as his 隣人 stands over him 持つ／拘留するing the 罪，犯罪 武器.
する権利を与えるd "war", the image sums up what many worry about most: a return to 暴力／激しさ.
The 恐れる is never far from the surface in a country scarred by 支援する-to-支援する civil wars.
Between 1989 and 2003, the 衝突s in the West Africa nation left more than 250,000 people dead.
Liberians will 投票（する） in 大統領の and 議会の 選挙s on Tuesday, in what the main 政党s have 誓約（する）d will be a 平和的な 過程.
But the 殺人，大当り of three people on Friday in 衝突／不一致s between 支持者s of the two main 政党s have fuelled 恐れるs.
"What is 暴力／激しさ?" asks Nehemiah Jallah, 24, who is behind the initiativ e 目的（とする）d at 促進するing peace.
He is 主要な the workshop 存在 held at a school in the city of Buchanan, about 150 kilometres (just over 90 miles) east of the 資本／首都 Monrovia.
"暴力／激しさ is when you 軍隊 somebody to do something," one of those listening 答える／応じるs.
"It's when you are 捜し出すing to do 害（を与える）," 示唆するs another.
Liberia's 大統領 George Weah is running for a second 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 in office
Jallah pulls no punches in telling his young audience seated at 木造の desks to stay （疑いを）晴らす of any form of 暴力／激しさ.
"Know that when 暴力／激しさ 増大するs, buildings will be destroyed, innocent people will be killed," he said.
"I don´t know which 政党 you are from, but make sure to 投票（する） 平和的に and do not do it with 暴力／激しさ.
"As Liberia is 平和的な, so let us 持つ／拘留する the peace of Liberia during and after the 選挙."
- '安全な from 暴力／激しさ' -
Some of the first-time 投票者s wonder how they should behave in the event of （人命などを）奪う，主張するs of cheating during the electio n.
The discussion is lively.
On the 塀で囲むs of the room, posters 支持する 非，不，無-暴力／激しさ with messages such as "Liberia needs me so I must keep her 安全な from 暴力／激しさ".
Liberia's civil wars were 悪名高い for the use of child 兵士s, as in this 2003 picture from the Buchanan 地区 where youngsters once again 恐れる the 突発／発生 of war
"The 法廷，裁判所 is the best place to solve 選挙 論争s", reads another.
More than 60 パーセント of Liberians are under 25 years old.
"政治家，政治屋s are trying to use you because they know that you are more 攻撃を受けやすい," said Lawrence Sergbou, who introduces himself as a 青年 行動主義者 to the audience.
Liberia's civil wars were 悪名高い for the use of child 兵士s, he said, 追加するing that 暴力／激しさ decimates hope for 開発.
"When we look at social 網状組織s, listen to the 無線で通信する, see the coun try's history... Yes, I'm afraid," Sergbou 定評のある.
"We've been living 平和的に for 20 years now and we don't want that to end."
- Fuelling 恐れるs -
No war 犯罪のs have been 起訴するd within Liberia since the two civil wars （機の）カム to an end in 2003.
Several former 将軍s still play an 影響力のある 役割 in the country's politics.
One of them, 71-year-old Prince Johnson, a 上院議員, has teamed up in an 同盟 with 候補者 Joseph Boakai.
Joseph Boakai, seen here visiting the White House in Washington when he served as 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長, is today a frontrunner for the 大統領／総裁などの地位
Johnson has 脅すd a popular 反乱 if the 与党 manipulates the 選挙s.
Boakai, who was 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長 between 2006 and 2018, is の中で the frontrunners for the 大統領／総裁などの地位.
He has 示すd that any 投票（する） cheating or 巧みな操作 will lead to "the end of this country".
大統領 George Weah, a former international football 星／主役にする who is running for a second 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語, has 約束d 平和的な, fair and 信頼できる 選挙s.
All parties 争う in the 投票s 誓約（する）d in April under the 保護 of the 国際連合 and the West African 圏, ECOWAS, to 差し控える from 暴力／激しさ and 解決する 選挙（人）の 論争s through 合法的な 会・原則s.
