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.
Charles Taylor's testimony was cut short for the second day in a row, as prosecutors asked for more time to "rearrange strategies" for the cross-examination of the former Liberian president on trial for his alleged role in crimes committed during Sierra Leone's brutal conflict.
The finale of an election now considered a referendum on the government will be a repeat of the 2005 contest between President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and football star George Weah, with both standing behind their candidates for the Montserrado County senatorial race.
The first partisan of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), Ambassador George Weah has come under the spotlight for statement he made recently concerning the vacant senatorial seat be currently being vied for.
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 decided to leave the Liberian presidency for asylum in Nigeria because he wanted peace in his West African homeland, he today told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague.
The National Elections Commission (NEC), having been heavily criticized for the rather contemptible manner in which it conducted the first round of the Montserrado County Senatorial By-election appears poised to correct its mistakes as evident by series of corrective steps it has put into place to render the pending runoff credible and perhaps free of irregularities.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says Liberia's development has been greatly impacted by the measures implemented by China under the China-Africa Cooperation initiative, as China has pledged US$10 billion in concessional loans to Africa.
National Elections Commission NEC Chairman James Fromoyan says opposition Congress for Democracy Change (CDC) candidate Geraldine and ruling Unity Party (UP) candidate Clemenceau are qualified to contest a run-off slated for November 24.
His taking office was marred by controversy, one of which had to do with calls for increment of the salary of officers of the Liberia National Police. The call was against the backdrop that his predecessor Beatrice Munah Sieh was already in the process of increasing salary when she was changed by President Sirleaf for reasons best known to her (the president).
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The West African College of Physicians has conferred on President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf an honorary fellowship.
As Charles Taylor faced his second day of cross-examination, his defense counsel objected to prosecution attempts to introduce "fresh evidence" after its case was closed, calling it a trial by "ambush." Meanwhile, Mr. Taylor tried to distance himself from the types of acts committed during Sierra Leone's brutal conflict – such as fighters forcing a mother to laugh while they buried her ...
The following is a statement by the President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on the recent by-election in Montserrado County.
Urging Liberians and her government officials to go back to the soil and grow their own food-rice, the nation's staple-President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has cut the first panicles of rice in her backyard farm in Monrovia.
