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Liberia puts a wartime logger in charge of its forests
25 Apr 2024 09:31 GMT
… forest governance expert at Liberia’s Sustainable Development Institute. … of former Liberian president Charles Taylor; Taylor was in 2012 … 150 million agreement between Liberia and the government of … in community forestry.”
Liberia contains nearly half of …
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Liberia senate votes to establish war crimes court
15 Apr 2024 11:43 GMT
… and corruption committed during Liberia’s two civil wars … the executive director of the Liberia Massacre Survivors Association, said: … widespread in Liberia.
“With this court, Liberia can move …
The former Liberian president Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 …
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More Witnesses Put Massaquoi in Monrovia When Under UN-Witness Protection in Sierra Leone
25 Apr 2024 07:02 GMT
… war crimes in neighboring Liberia. Massaquoi was under … convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes.
… Liberia’s civil war in support of then-President Charles Taylor. … The court held hearings in Liberia and …
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Why I support Liberia’s War and Economic Crimes Court
11 Apr 2024 16:57 GMT
… , when National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) rebels noticed an Islamic … and national reconciliation based on Liberia’s traditional dispute resolution mechanisms … conviction of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, which took approximately nine years …
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Tom Ikimi At 80 Today: His Relevance to Restore Peace, Stability in Sierra Leone and Liberia
10 Apr 2024 17:19 GMT
… in Sierra Leone and Liberia, due to the diplomatic … Lansana Conteh.
In neighbouring Liberia, Chief Tom Ikimi was … Foreign Minister to meet with Charles Taylor. His convincing style of … peaceful restoration of sanity in Liberia, despite Taylor’s intransigence …
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Liberia: Judge Dixon Accuses Boakai of Nepotism, Tribalism
28 Mar 2024 09:55 GMT
… Amos C Sawyer, Gyude Bryant, Charles Taylor, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and George … States without Portfolio, Managing Director, Liberia Telecommunications Corporation, Director, and … one cabinet minister each.
Southeastern Liberia, which comprises six counties, …
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Liberia: French court hands former rebel leader 30-year prison sentence
28 Mar 2024 09:21 GMT
… county, in north-western Liberia.
During the proceedings, the … the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO), a … Patriotic Front of former President Charles Taylor.
Some 250,000 people … 2000s.
In early March, Liberia's parliament backed …
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Liberia: Judge Dixon Accuses President Boakai of Engaging in Nepotism
28 Mar 2024 08:38 GMT
… that the political culture of Liberia under President Boakai has not … Party of the University of Liberia Group,” Dixon noted. Adding, “The … the disbanded Warring Factions. The Charles Taylor Government was for the Americo …
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Liberia: Lawyers for former rebel commander demand French court acquit him
27 Mar 2024 12:30 GMT
… American based judicial systems including Liberia, where
the prosecution must … had links with
Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia, (NPFL) … accused of war crimes in Liberia.
“We cannot generalize … that were
committed in Liberia, but we are here …
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Liberia: Defence lawyers argue statute of limitations means rebel cannot be tried
23 Mar 2024 11:00 GMT
… rebels of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front for Liberia.
Witnesses have … should be heard under Liberia’s judicial system, where … system. They pointed to Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation … Civitas Maximas, and its Liberia partner, the Global Justice …