Charles Taylor did not support plans to attack Sierra Leone while he was in Libya, the accused former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today while being cross-examined by the prosecution.
Charles Taylor was "not honest" with the United Nations Panel of Experts set up to investigate his alleged dealings with Sierra Leonean rebels, prosecutors told the Special Court for Sierra Leone today during cross-examination of the accused former Liberian president.
The trial for former Liberian president Charles Taylor took an early adjournment today when immediately after the mid-morning break, one of the judges reportedly fell ill. Prior to the court's adjournment, the accused former Liberian president denied allegations that he sent his rebel fighters to attack neighbouring Guinea, saying that he gave approval to "hot pursuit missions" which entered into ...
An Accra Commercial court looking into disagreements of some members of the Convention People's Party (CPP) on the issue of the seventy percent sale of the nation's Telecommunication Company to Vodafone International Holdings BV of the United Kingdom (UK), has referred certain portions of the sales and purchase agreements of the deal to the Supreme Court for determination.
Takavarasha Mharara is demanding compensation of over P50, 000 for the truck he pawned last year when he was desperately looking for P30,000. Justice Abednico Tafa is presiding over the case. The owner of the pawn shop, Ilan Zilberman, told the court that after inspecting the truck, which had minor mechanical problems, he agreed to lend Takavarasha P25,000 in July last year. He said that they ...
Power in Kenya will be divided between a president and a prime minister under the new constitution. The draft, unlike the current law, is clear on the authority of the President and the PM.
MDC Treasurer General Roy Bennett has described his terrorism trial, which began two weeks ago, an 'absolute farce' and 'a joke.' The MDC official, who has not been sworn into government as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture because Robert Mugabe is refusing to swear him in, said he is frustrated with the slow pace the trial is taking.
In what has been described as a landmark development regarding judicial cooperation between France and Rwanda, two senior judges from the Paris Court of Higher Instance have arrived in the country to investigate Genocide fugitives on French soil.
Nigeria's former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, has again called for the abolition of "federal character", describing it as no longer fashionable in the country's socio-economic and political system.
Prosecutors spent much of today's cross-examination of former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, reading out statements by other West African leaders condemning Mr. Taylor Liberian rebel group for crimes committed against Liberians and members of international humanitarian agencies, including American Catholic nuns and peacekeepers during his country's civil war.
Jailed former Chairman of Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), Chief Olabode George is said to be furious with his prophet over his failed bid to secure bail last Monday.
Swiss authorities yesterday convicted Abba, one of the sons of the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha, for graft and ordered $350 million worth of assets to be seized from him.
Here is the statement from the Kenya Episcopal Conference (KEC) on the Kenyan Harmonised Draft Constitution launched on November 17, 2009.
Hopes for a new constitution in Kenya were high today November 17, as the country launched the harmonized draft that will be reviewed by the Kenyans in the next thirty days.
There is one thing one cannot take away from Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu , Ezeigbo Gburugburu - his passion for his people and his deep rooted concern for their well being.
