Liberia

A former Liberian rebel commander, known as "General Butt Naked" and notorious for sacrificing children and engaging in battle in the nude, is now trying to find redemption by rescuing former child soldiers from drugs. One of the most feared figures to emerge from the West African country's civil war, Joshua Blahyi, sacrificed and cannibalized children. He would also fight naked in the belief that this permeated him with spiritual power and earned him the moniker "General Butt Naked." Massacres,…

About fifteen of them submitted a text "ready for use" on Thursday, June 24, which could serve as a model for a team. This is a lobbying operation because 18 years after the end of the last civil war, a number of the most infamous warlords and suspected criminals have not yet been brought to justice. The text of the law was…

A Swiss court on Friday sentenced a West African rebel to 20 years in prison for rape, murder and cannibalism, which he committed during Liberia's civil war. The case was also Switzerland's first war crimes tribunal in a civil court. It involved 46-year-old Alieu Kosiah who went under the nom de guerre "bluff boy" in the rebel faction United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) who fought against former President Charles Taylor's army in the 1990s. Kosiah faced 25 charges including one…

Former Liberian rebel leader Alieu Kosiah was convicted on Friday of war crimes in Liberia. Leverdict was handed down in Switzerland before the Federal Criminal Court. In the early 1990s, when Liberia was on fire, Alieu Kosiah commanded a militia in the armed movement Ulimo against Charles Taylor's rebels. He moved to…

Prince Johnson, the previous warlord in Liberia and who turned senator in 2006, was appointed chairman of the Senate Protection Committee on Tuesday, Could 18. A gathering that prompted US diplomacy to react the following day, whereas the talk on the institution of a particular court docket to evaluate the crimes dedicated in the course of the civil struggle is frequently reactivated.…

Six months delay for George Weah's son and greater than 20,000 euros in compensation. That is what the courtroom in Versailles close to Paris determined. In query: for loud events given by the son of the ex-star of PSG and the president of Liberia in Saint-Germain-en-Laye within the suburbs of Paris. The evenings had been…

The trial of Gibril Massaquoi, nicknamed "Angel Gabriel", started in Finland the place he lives, then transferred to Liberia arriving on Wednesday 5 Could in Sierra Leone. The previous insurgent chief of the RUF, Revolutionary United Entrance, is going through trial by Finnish judges for atrocities dedicated or ordered by him in Liberia through the civil struggle, between 1999 and 2003. His trial started…