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Taylor Trial: A step away from impunity, a leap forward for justice?

May 31, 2012 Some amputees from the S. Leone war

Eleven years after the official declaration of the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war, Charles Ghankay Taylor was sentenced today to 50 years imprisonment by the Special Court for Sierra Leone sitting in The Hague. Taylor was unanimously found guilty on April 26 th , 2012 of all eleven counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and serious violations of international humanitarian law.

 

Amnesty Int’l wants other Liberia, Sierra Leone war actors tried

May 31, 2012 A rebel militia during Liberia's civil war

--but hails Taylor’s 50yrs sentence

Amnesty International welcomes the 50 years jail sentence against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, but it wants other perpetrators of crimes against humanity in both Liberia and Sierra Leone to also be prosecuted.

Guinea: New citizens' group formed to break political logjam

May 30, 2012 L-R Cellou Dalein Diallo et Alpha Condé

Political dialogue has virtually reached a dead end in Guinea Conakry over the long delay in holding parliamentary and local elections, some political activists have said.

Ghana govt. says polytechnic teachers strike illegal

May 30, 2012 President John Atta Mills of Ghana

Striking teachers in Ghana’s polytechnic institutions are facing opposition to their strike on two fronts: from the government and students.

Taylor sentenced 50 years in jail

May 30, 2012 L'ex président libérien Charles Taylor

Convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor, age 64, has on Wednesday been sentenced to 50 years in jail by the United Nations-backed Sierra Leone war crimes court siting in The Hague, Netherlands.

"Mr. Taylor benefitted from this terror and the destruction," said the presiding Judge of the court Richard Lussick before announcing his 50 years jail term..... 

Sierra Leoneans speak out ahead of Taylor’s sentence today

May 30, 2012 Former President Charles Taylor

By 9am GMT this Wednesday morning, May 30 Judges of the UN backed Sierra Leone Special Court will begin proceedings in the sentencing judgement of the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor in The Hague, Netherlands.

Mali rebels’ move serious threat to int’l peace--says ECOWAS

May 29, 2012 Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, président de la Commission de la CEDEAO

The sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS has strongly condemned northern Mali rebels’ attempt to create an Islamic State of Azawad, describing the move as “a serious threat to regional and international peace and security.”

Turning Sierra Leone ex-combatants into “peace ambassadors”

May 29, 2012 crowd scene during last year's political violence in southern city, Bo

--a move to promote violence free elections

Civil society organizations in Sierra Leone are now targeting ex-combatants for their public awareness and sensitization campaign against election violence, in the run up to the November 17 presidential and general elections.

Open Forum 2012 ends with “The Politics of Sexual Pleasure”

May 28, 2012 Blogger Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

The Open Forum 2012 has come to an end in Cape Town, South Africa, with Day three putting a spotlight on Money, Power and Sex: The paradox of unequal growth, where the need for effective sex education was stressed.

Sirleaf urges Africa to promote sustainable use of its resources

May 28, 2012 Liberia Pres Sirleaf (4th from Left) with other leaders

Gaborone, Botswana –President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia has called on participants to use the Summit for Sustainability in Africa to promote the sustainable use of natural capital worldwide.