As Mali faces a humanitarian emergency, Amnesty International says the conflict-torn country is seeing the worst atrocities committed in decades. Next, we head to Sudan where people are being sent back across the border into newly independent South Sudan, as the threat of an all-out war between to the countries looms. Finally, we take a look at why people in Zambia are learning Mandarin.
Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor addressed judges at a sentencing hearing over his role in Sierra Leone’s 10 year civil war on Wednesday, for which he was found guilty of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The chief prosecutor in the trial of Charles Taylor at The Hague is seeking an 80-year sentence for the former Liberian president after he was found guilty last week of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone.
The world papers review Rupert Murdoch's two days of testimony to the Leveson inquiry on media ethics in London. Cartoons show the 81-year old media mogul naked issuing denial after denial about the extent of his political clout and what he knew about phone hacking. That's the focus for this Friday, 27th April 2012.
The case against Charles Taylor was far from air-tight and international courts tend to mainly convict Africans, but for Sierra Leonean attorney Alpha Sesay, there’s no denying that those convicted deserve to be in the dock.
The case against Charles Taylor was far from air-tight and international courts tend to mainly convict Africans, but for Sierra Leonean attorney Alpha Sesay, there’s no denying that those convicted deserve to be in the dock.
From rebel, to war lord, to president, to convicted criminal - Charles Taylor becomes the first former African head of state to be found guilty by an international criminal court. Next, in Ivory Coast, President Alassane Ouattara visits the town of Duékoué, left badly affected by last year's fighting. Finally, South Sudan steps onto the international economic stage.
A UN-backed international human rights court on Thursday convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of war crimes in Sierra Leone. But in his native Liberia, justice has not yet been served.
In Thursday's pick of the press - we look at whether Charles Taylor should have been tried in Africa, whether China can end the conflict in South Sudan, and the light shone by the Bo Xilai case on the murky world of Beijing politics.
The Special Court for Sierra Leone found Liberia's former president, Charles Taylor, guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity Thursday in the first-ever international judgment against a former head of state.
