When on June 4, 2003, the UN-backed Special Court in Sierra Leone
slammed a 17-count international indictment on Charles Taylor, then a
sitting president in Liberia, observers saw more than the commencement
of an unprecedented, historical criminal proceedings.
They read different meaning into Accra's provision of escape route
for Taylor. They saw African ruling elites recoiling in fear; they saw
suspicion and cynicism being given new meaning; and they saw the
rebirth of African solidarity in hegemonic protection.
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