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.
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.
James Murdoch's testimony to the Leveson inquiry dominates our look at the international press - as we find out more about the information passed between the Murdoch family and the British government.
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor had a close relationship with the CIA over "several decades", according to a report in US daily the Boston Globe. Taylor is awaiting a verdict in a war crimes trial in The Netherlands.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended the swearing-in ceremony of Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia Monday. Clinton praised the turbulent nation's progress, saying democracy had "taken root."
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian President and 2011 Peace Nobel Prize Laureate, was a guest at the Académie Diplomatique Internationale’s "Forum for New Diplomacy", in partnership with the International Herald Tribune. A few weeks after being re-elected, she sat down with Marc Perelman to talk about her peace-building work in Liberia and the opposition’s harsh criticism of the electoral process.
