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Perched on vast acres of land dotted with concrete buildings marked in colourful chalk, Buduburam Refugee Camp on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana, has always been a place of transit for Liberians. Camp dwellers are like expectant passengers on a … read more »
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The Hague – Lawyers for Liberia’s former president Charles Taylor plan to appeal a 50-year prison sentence handed down to him by a special UN-backed court last month, a document before the court said on Tuesday. “The defence provides notice … read more »
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Authorities in Ivory Coast have discovered and prevented a plot to overthrow the government organised by exiled military officers and a close advisor to former President Laurent Gbagbo, the interior minister said late on Tuesday.ccr The minister, Hamed Bakayoko, said … read more »
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Liberia’s foreign minister says his country will take every measure to ensure there is peace in neighboring Ivory Coast, after Liberia closed its border between the two nations. The closing followed Friday’s killing of seven United Nations peacekeepers and eight … read more »
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Morocco substitute Hamza Abdourazzouk scored a dramatic equaliser one minute from time to earn a 2-2 draw with top-ranked Ivory Coast in a World Cup African qualifier on Saturday. A delicate chip from Salomon Kalou and a stooping header by … read more »
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After six years of labyrinthine trial that drew strange witnesses from halfway around the globe, the 3-man Trial Chamber II of the Special Court of Sierra Leone, late last month, sentenced former Liberian president Charles Taylor to 50 years in … read more »
Former Liberian president, Mr Charles Taylor, was sentenced to fifty years imprisonment by the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague for his role during the civil war in Sierra Leone. Taylor was charged with aiding and abetting former … read more »
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone. Hundreds of people turned out at a courthouse in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, to … read more »
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On 16 May, convicted war criminal, Charles Taylor, delivered a 30-minute speech – part plea for clemency, part lubricious defence of his actions, and part grandstanding – before his trial judges at The Hague as he awaits sentencing on 30 … read more »
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Vincent Larochelle My only worry is that the whole system is not consistent with all the principles we know and love, and the system is not consistent with all the values of international criminal justice, and I’m afraid the whole … read more »
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Monrovia – Liberian lawmakers on Wednesday voted to renegotiate production sharing contracts with oil companies which they said violate the current petroleum law. “All of the existing productions sharing contracts violate sections 3.3, 3.4 and 3.7 of the petroleum law,” … read more »
The Charles Taylor trial reportedly cost a whopping $250 million. Was it worth it? I have been asked by many people about my views on the conviction, on 26 April, of Charles Taylor, Liberia’s former president, for aiding and abetting … read more »
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By Michael Keating The conviction of Charles Taylor is certainly some kind of justice. Many in Sierra Leone will feel that their suffering has been acknowledged by the international community. In Liberia many others will rejoice while some will grumble … read more »
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For far too long, dictators and warlords who have inflicted extensive atrocities on the African people have gone unpunished. But this record of impunity is changing, thanks to the long arm of international justice. Increasingly, Africans suspected of committing crimes … read more »
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Monrovia – Former Liberian president Charles Taylor’s conviction for aiding war crimes in Sierra Leone is a trap for all African leaders, a spokesperson for the Taylor family said on Tuesday. “We believe that the trial and subsequent conviction of … read more »
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By Elise Keppler* Liberia’s “big man” surely thought he’d enjoy a comfortable retirement when he left power back in 2003. But on April 26 the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity, … read more »
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Alexander MEZYAEV On April 26 the Special Court for Sierra Leone found former President of Liberia Charles Taylor guilty of international war crimes committed on the territory of a neighboring state – Sierra Leone during the civil war of 1991-1997. … read more »
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Robtel Neajai Pailey On the eve of Sierra Leone’s Independence Day, former Liberian President Charles Taylor was found guilty of war crimes committed during that country’s civil war. But does the verdict represent a major victory for Sierra Leoneans beyond … read more »
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Charles Taylor reportedly never set foot in Sierra Leone throughout its long and vicious civil war. But the influence of this US-educated one-time Baptist lay preacher who rose to become one of West Africa’s most feared despots reached deep into … read more »
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January 28, 1948: Charles Taylor born in Arthington, Liberia, into a family descended from freed American slaves. 1970s: Lives in Boston area of the United States, earning an economics degree from Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. 1983: Flees Liberia after … read more »
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By Colin Waugh Today in The Hague the judges in what has been one of the lengthiest and most unusual legal battles ever to have been fought on the international stage are due to deliver the verdict on a man … read more »
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Charles Taylor found guilty of ‘aiding and abetting’ war crimes An international court has delivered its verdict on Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor, finding him guilty of arming Sierra Leone’s rebels who paid him in “blood diamonds” Taylor guilty of aiding … read more »
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Leidschendam – Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor will hear a historic verdict on Thursday on charges of arming Sierra Leone’s rebels in return for “blood diamonds” in the 1990s. Samoan judge Richard Lussik will start reading the decision – the first … read more »
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Abidjan – Six people were killed in an overnight attack on a village in Ivory Coast’s restive south-west bordering Liberia, a military source said on Wednesday. “The attack staged at night in the village of Sakre claimed six lives,” said … read more »
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In a modern court building, more than 3,000 miles from the tropical West African country of Sierra Leone, three judges have for more than 12 months been painstakingly weighing up five years of court proceedings, 50,000 pages of transcripts, and … read more »
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By Richard Dowden Dear John, I listened to your reports from Liberia on The Today programme this morning with growing fury. I am not angry because your reporting is bad. It is extremely good. My complaint is this: you say … read more »
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Cape Town – Somali pirates have acquired sophisticated Libyan weaponry for bolder attacks on ships, it was reported on Friday. Weapons like mines and shoulder-held missile launchers were being acquired in one of the biggest black markets for illegal gun … read more »
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Monrovia – An anti-gay organisation in Liberia is distributing a hit list and threatening to target the seven people one by one. Fliers with the names of the seven were put up over the weekend and signed by a group … read more »
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A Reuters news report says,a former Liberian war-lord has been deported to Liberia following a court order from the United States Government.Here is the report: A former Liberian rebel leader accused of commissioning killings and recruiting child soldiers during a … read more »
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The Nobel peace prize winner and president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has defended a law that criminalises homosexual acts, saying: “We like ourselves just the way we are.” In a joint interview with Tony Blair, who was left looking … read more »
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