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Liberia: Former Liberian president Charles Taylor says foreign journalists were trying to assassinate him

i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor says he jailed foreign journalists because they were trying to assassinate him, not because they were investigating his alleged involvement with diamond smuggling in Sierra Leone. Mr. Taylor is facing an 11-count indictment of crimes against humanity before a U.N. special court in The Hague.While president of Liberia, Charles Taylor says a foreign

Liberia: Prosecution Says Taylor Was 'Not Honest' With UN Panel

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Charles Taylor was "not honest" with the United Nations Panel of Experts set up to investigate his alleged dealings with Sierra Leonean rebels, prosecutors told the Special Court for Sierra Leone today during cross-examination of the accused former Liberian president.

Killed in Crossfire, Taylor Claims

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

The five American Catholic nuns widely believed to have been abused and brutally killed as National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) rebels advanced on Monrovia in their 1992 Operation Octopus were killed in crossfire and not deliberately by his fighters, Mr. Charles Taylor, as commander of the NPFL at the time, has claimed.

Liberia: Prosecution Reads Statements By Other Leaders on Taylor

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Prosecutors spent much of today's cross-examination of former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, reading out statements by other West African leaders condemning Mr. Taylor Liberian rebel group for crimes committed against Liberians and members of international humanitarian agencies, including American Catholic nuns and peacekeepers during his country's civil war.

Liberia: Taylor's Prosecutors Try to Introduce 'Fresh Evidence'

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

As Charles Taylor faced his second day of cross-examination, his defense counsel objected to prosecution attempts to introduce "fresh evidence" after its case was closed, calling it a trial by "ambush." Meanwhile, Mr. Taylor tried to distance himself from the types of acts committed during Sierra Leone's brutal conflict – such as fighters forcing a mother to laugh while they...

Liberia: Taylor Cross-Examination Begins

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Prosecutors told Charles Taylor that he had "reason to lie" during his four months of testimony which he had spent rebutting charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his alleged role in crimes during Sierra Leone's brutal conflict — and that he needed to prepare to be "honest" in cross-examination, which started today in The Hague.

Ex-Liberia president says US sought to oust him

Sify (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor claimed Tuesday he was indicted for war crimes as part of a U.S. "regime change" plan to gain control of West African oil reserves, in a typically defiant

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Liberia: Taylor accuses Britain of transporting arms to Sierra Leone

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Alpha blogs about the trial of the former President of Sierra Leone: “Charles Taylor today accused Britain of transporting arms to Sierra Leone in violation of a United Nations arms embargo on the country, and of using him as a scapegoat by falsely accusing him of responsibility for the flow of arms into the country.”

Liberia: Taylor Says He Left the Country for the Sake of Peace

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Charles Taylor decided to leave the Liberian presidency for asylum in Nigeria because he wanted peace in his West African homeland, he today told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague.

Taylor Accuses Britain of Violating UN Arms Embargo

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Charles Taylor today accused Britain of transporting arms to Sierra Leone in violation of a United Nations arms embargo on the country, and of using him as a scapegoat by falsely accusing him of responsibility for the flow of arms into the country. Mr. Taylor also denied widespread press and investigative reports that the terrorist group, Al Qaeda, traded diamonds with Sierra Leonean rebels under his...

Liberia: Taylor Denies Ordering Execution of Rebel Commander

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Charles Taylor did not order the execution of Sierra Leonean rebel commander Sam Bockarie, but rather sent his former vice president Moses Blah to arrest him on the Liberian border with Ivory Coast, the accused former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague today.

Taylor Admits Aiding Rebels

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Former Liberia President Charles Taylor who is being tried by the UN-back court for Sierra Leone in The Hague for crimes he allegedly committed in the neighbouring country, has confessed to sending fighters to help rebels inflict mayhem on civilians during the 11-year war in the country.

Talyor Accuses Prosecution for 'Misleading' Special Court

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Charles Taylor today accused the prosecution of "misleading the court" by introducing evidence that as Liberian president, Mr. Taylor acted to resolve conflicts between Sierra Leone's rebel commanders, appoint a chief rebel leader in his warring neighboring country, and then independently offer safe haven in Liberia to a top rebel on the run. Mr. Taylor is on trial by the Special Court for...

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TRC Blames NPFI for Carter Camp Massacre

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

Although a UN group, headed by former Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako, concluded that infamous Cater Camp Massacre in Fireston was the work of soldiers of the Armed Forced of Liberia, the TRC has disputed the findings, saying rebels to Mr. Charles Taylor executed the masscre.