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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...
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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.
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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.
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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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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
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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.
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Counterterrorism Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Today's Washington Post has an interesting article on how the North Korean military is now the primary extractive body of the North Korean establishment, and is, in fact, relatively efficient at extracting natural resources to sell to China and elsewhere. It is an important piece because it highlights a much broader reality that we have been slow to come to grips with. In almost any index of failed...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Charles Taylor did not have a "master-servant" relationship with Sierra Leone's notorious rebel commander Sam Bockarie ("Mosquito"), the former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague today.
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
[JURIST] Eight men judged guilty of war crimes by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) were transferred to Rwanda Saturday to serve out prison sentences. Because Sierra Leone has no adequate prison facilities, an agreement with Rwanda was reached to allow them to complete their sentences at Mpanga prison. Three of the men, leaders of the Revolutionary United Front, had had their appeals rejected...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Charles Taylor did not plan any operations with Sierra Leonean rebels during the country's 11-year civil conflict, he told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today at his trial in The Hague.
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
[JURIST] The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Monday upheld the convictions of three former rebel leaders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), in what is to be the final proceedings of the Freetown-based court. The SCSL upheld the convictions of former RUF Interim Leader Issa Hassan Sesay and Senior RUF Commander Morris Kallon on each of 16 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
War crimes indictee Charles Taylor has refuted testimony of a prosecution witness that the Sierra Leonean rebels had three radio stations and operators in Liberia, including one at the country's main international airport.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Charles Taylor today refuted testimony of a prosecution witness who said that the Sierra Leonean rebels had three radio stations and operators in Liberia, including one at the country's main international airport.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Charles Taylor did not have any knowledge of plans by rebel forces to invade Sierra Leone in 1991, he told told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague today. In rebuffing prosecution charges that he was a key planner in the major rebel attack on his neighboring country during its 11-year conflict, Mr. Taylor dismissed the allegations as "lies."
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Charles Taylor today denied prosecution allegations that he ordered Sierra Leonean rebels to attack Guinea in 2000 to oust its then president, Lansana Conte, whom Mr. Taylor accused of supporting fighters to attack his own government in Liberia.
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