March 10, 2008
Africa: Americans Shouldn't Give Up on Africa
The news Americans hear about Africa these days is mostly bad – the periodic outbreak of violence, the worsening of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, runaway inflation in… Read more »
March 07, 2008
Liberia: Defense Challenges Reliability of RUF Insider's Memory and Accuracy of Testimony
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Liberia: Defense Questions Reliability of Witness' Memory
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Liberia: RUF Insider Questioned About Executions at Mines
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Liberia: RUF Insider's Cross-Examination Continues
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March 06, 2008
Liberia: Daily Wrap Up - After tales of killings, forced labor, arrests of UN peacekeepers
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Liberia: RUF Insider Tells of Diamond Mining, Killing of Recruits
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Liberia: RUF Insider Tells of Forced Marriages, Forced Labor, Arrest of Peacekeepers
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Liberia: RUF Commander Continues Testimony
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March 05, 2008
Liberia: Daily Wrap Up - RUF Commander Describes Brutality, Murders, Rapes
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March 04, 2008
Liberia: RUF Commander Testifies in Open Session
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February 27, 2008
Liberia: Taylor Taken From Trial to Hospital
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February 26, 2008
Liberia: Cross-Examination of Radio Operator Foday Lansana Continues
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Nigeria: Amnesty Report Condemns Prison Abuses
The rights of Nigerian prisoners are "systematically violated," Amnesty International, a leading human rights advocacy organization, argues in a scathing report on the… Read more »
February 25, 2008
Chad: Refugees in Cameroon Face Dilemmas
Just three days after moving to her new, permanent home as a Chadian refugee in Cameroon, 55-year-old Esther Deborah walks directly to her tent at the edge of a freshly-erected… Read more »
Liberia: Prosecution's Examination of Foday Lansana Completed
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February 22, 2008
Liberia: Lansana Testifies Concerning Communications Between Taylor and Sankoh
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February 21, 2008
Liberia: Former NPFL/RUF Radio Operator Testifies
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February 20, 2008
Liberia: Govt Warns Against Bush Visit Protests
Amid threats of major demonstrations when the American president arrives in Monrovia Thursday, police have warned that protests will be against the law. Read more »
Liberia: Prosecution Witness Describes RUF Use of Civilian Forced Labor
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February 19, 2008
Sudan: Bush Pledges U.S. $100 Million for Darfur Peacekeeping
President George W. Bush announced in Rwanda Tuesday that the United States would provide African nations with U.S. $100 million for peacekeeping in Darfur, including $12 million… Read more »
Liberia: Summary of Testimony
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February 15, 2008
Liberia: Prosecution Crime-Base Witnesses Describe Gang Rapes
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Liberia: Cross-Examination of Camara Concludes
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February 13, 2008
Liberia: Cross-Examination of Suwandi Camara Continues
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