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Let me be frank with you: whatever I say, one group will feel marginalized, so as senator I will stand in the middle ... The Charles Taylor issue is not a Liberian issue, it was an issue concerning the international community and Sierra Leone.
Blood diamonds and conflict timber were the fuel for Taylor's war machine in both Sierra Leone and Liberia ... This verdict sends a clear signal - that those who steal a country's natural resource wealth and use the proceeds to terrorise its people - can be held to account. It is essential that those international companies and individuals that helped finance Taylor's activities, by trading in the resources that he stole, are now brought to justice.
Unlike Sierra Leone, the hands of Liberia's political leaders and elites, including the head of state, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf are resisting justice at all cost mostly because their hands are stained with the innocent blood of Taylor's war victims and their contributions to the mayhem are outstanding.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Judges sentence Charles Taylor to 50 years
a sentencing hearing earlier this month, Taylor expressed "deepest sympathy" for the suffering of victims of atrocities in Sierra Leone, but insisted he had acted to help stabilize the West Africa region and claimed he never knowingly assisted in the commission Read more »
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Homes destroyed in cross-border attack on Liberia
independent press, and was confirmed by officials. The New Dawn newspaper estimated the attackers to be "around 300."The Sierra Leonean Ambassador to Liberia, Marie Jilo Barnett, told AP that her government has been informed. The embassy was awaiting an investigation Read more »
Around the web
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Craig Bellamy signe avec Warrior
un accord unique grâce auquel les frais de partenariat seront directement reversés à la Fondation Craig Bellamy au Sierra Leone, Warrior collaborera étroitement avec M. Bellamy afin de faire connaître sa Fondation à travers le monde. L'attaquant de Liverpool 1:00 PM from PR Newswire Read more »
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Warrior nimmt Craig Bellamy unter Vertrag
die Warrior zur Verfügung stellt, unmittelbar den Kindern und den Kommunen vor Ort, die an meinem Hilfsprojekt in Sierra Leone beteiligt sind, zugute kommen werden." "Craig wird maßgeblich an Design und Entwicklung der Schuhe beteiligt sein und das Team von 1:00 PM from PR Newswire Read more »
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Presidential Award for Deputy Speaker of Parliament
Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma awards the Medal of the Commander of the Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone to Deputy Speaker of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament Hon. Victor Chukuma Johnson at a well attended ceremony at State House, May 30th, 9:34 AM from AllAfrica.com Read more »
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Transitioning From War to Peace - Media and Peace-Building
the media have a crucial role in peace-building. Like many war torn countries, some media institutions and journalists in Sierra Leone were criticized for the roles they played during the war (Interview Baryoh, David 2003). "Mind you, over a dozen journalists 9:01 AM from AllAfrica.com Read more »
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Op Ed: Taylor's 50-year sentence bad news for tyrants everywhere
prison sentence given former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Wednesday for his role in atrocities committed in Sierra Leone in the 1990s is both another pillar in the edifice of international law and a sharp reminder to dictators that they can no longer 5/31/12 from Edmonton Journal Read more »
