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...Mason Fellow, Sumaye joins an impressive list of former fellows, including Mexican president-elect Felipe Calderón and Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf...
...ZHAOXING Liberia In Monrovia in January, Li won a promise that Liberia would support Beijing's "one China" policy regarding Taiwan. Meanwhile, China offered $25 million for Liberian reconstruction and a $5 million interest-free loan
...World Remembers Indicted in 2003 on 11 counts of war crimes, former Liberian President Charles Taylor finally faces an international tribunal because Nigeria agreed to extradite him [April 3]. In Taylor's prepresidential days, TIME reported on his contribution to Liberia's civil war, which left 250,000 dead [Sept...
When former Liberian president Charles Taylor appeared before the Special Court for Sierra Leone on Monday, initially refusing to recognize its authority before pleading not guilty, it marked the first phase in the trial of one of Africa's most wanted men. "The people of Sierra Leone have been waiting patiently for three years to see the accused finally face the trial chamber," said prosecutor Desmond de Silva. "Many voices have come together to uphold the rule of law and justice. The voice of the people of Sierra Leone was the loudest and I commend them for their courage, conviction...
...From his exile in Nigeria between August 2003 and last week, human rights groups say Taylor continued to meddle in the internal affairs of Liberia. In the run up to last year's Liberian presidential poll, which elected Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Taylor financed the campaigns of several loyalists who ended up in parliament, says Corrine Dufka, a researcher for Human Rights Watch. "Once people see him on television, isolated and removed, it starts to demystify him," says Liberia's Labor Minister Samuel Koffi Woods. "It's only then that the mini warlords who are still here will understand that they...