Prosecutors began cross-examining former Liberian leader Charles Taylor on Tuesday over war crimes charges related to conflicts in his country and in Sierra Leone. Taylor is the first African ruler to stand trial for war crimes.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's post-war leadership of Liberia, despite controversy over her alleged links to a warlord.
Charles Taylor took the stand on Tuesday to defend himself at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, saying that the charges against him, including war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war, were based on "lies".
Charles Taylor will take the stand on Tuesday to defend himself at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague. The former Liberian president has pleaded not guilty to instigating a campaign of atrocities during the Sierra Leone civil war.
The Special Court for Sierra Leone ruled against a defence request to acquit former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor on war-crimes charges, including conscripting child soldiers and sexual slavery, during the wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Our guest today is an extraordinary woman, known internationally as Africa’s Iron Lady. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has worked tirelessly to rebuild her long suffering country after 14 years of ferocious civil war.
A US federal court in Florida sentenced "Chuckie" Taylor, son of former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor, to 97 years in prison Friday for torture and summary executions in the West African country during his father's 1997-2003 rule.
A US citizen and son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been convicted by a US court of involvement in summary executions and torture during his father's rule.
Moses Blah, Charles Taylor's former deputy, testified in the war crimes trial at The Hague that Liberian rebels ate human innards while serving under Taylor.
