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Liberia: FBI Dragnet Closes On Yeaten
NEWS, 22 June 2015
For years, Benjamin Yeaten, former head of Charles Taylor's security forces has been eluding justice for crimes he reportedly committed during Liberia's civil war. Read more »
FBI Dragnet Closes in On Former Liberian Rebel Commander - Report
The local Liberian daily, The News, reports that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is negotiating with the government of Togo for the turnover of the notorious rebel general, Benjamin Yeaten, who fled Liberia in 2003 when his boss, former president Charles Taylor, resigned.
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Liberia: FBI Agents Visited Liberia
NEWS, 17 June 2015
Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are reported to have visited Liberia to investigate the killing of five Catholic nuns allegedly by the National Patriotic Front… Read more »
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Liberia: UN Reports - No Information On Yeaten's Assets
Heritage, 13 December 2013
The United Nations Panel of Experts says it has not obtained any information concerning Benjamin Yeaten's assets. Read more »
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Liberia: UN Reports - Yeaten Remains a Threat to Peace and Security in Liberia, Subregion
Heritage, 10 December 2013
The United Nations Panel of Experts says it concurs with an assessment by the Government of Liberia (GOL) that it still consider Benjamin Yeaten, a notorious commander of the… Read more »
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Liberia: Key Taylor Ally to be Dropped From UN Travel Ban List
FrontPageAfrica, 9 December 2013
Light appears to be at the end of the tunnel for Benoni Urey. The erstwhile former head of the Liberia Maritime Authority during the Charles Taylor era, who has been languishing on… Read more »
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Liberia: Yeaten Remains Threat to Peace
NEWS, 9 December 2013
The whereabouts of Benjamin Yeaten, former security chief to ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor remain unknown. However, the latest report of the UN panel of experts has… Read more »
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Liberia: Yeaten for 2014?
New Dawn, 28 October 2013
General Benjamin Yeaten with the code-name '50', disappeared in oblivion from the battlefront since 2003 after his Commander-In-Chief, ex-President Charles Taylor resigned the… Read more »
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Liberia: War Crimes Wind - Why Rwandan Arrest Triggers Liberia Fears
FrontPageAfrica, 24 June 2015
The looming prosecution and threats of arrest has prompted some to take precaution. Senator Prince Johnson (Independent, Nimba), the former head of the Independent National… Read more »
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Liberia: No Escape for Liberian War Criminals - Right Group Confident of Their Day in Court
New Republic, 16 May 2013
Those who plundered the country, decimated its already meager population, robbed its people of their natural endowments by pocketing benefits from resources for personal gains, and… Read more »
InFocus
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Charles Taylor Jr, widely known in Liberia as "Chucky", has made a public apology to Liberians from a prison cell in the U.S., where he is serving a 97-year jail sentence for his ... Read more »
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Following earlier criticism, Human Rights Watch has hailed Liberia for measures taken in the aftermath of the cross-border attacks into Côte d'Ivoire that killed dozens of people. Read more »
