Communicating Justice

January 19, 2010
The former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, has strongly denied allegations that he joined the ECOWAS committee of 5 to promote the interest of the RUF rebels in Sierra Leone. Prosecution lawyer Brenda Hollis, accused the former Liberian leader of being the man behind the Sierra Leone conflict. Amara Bangura, of the BBC World Service Trust reports from The Hague.   

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January 20, 2010
The prosecution in the trial of the former Liberian President Charles Taylor has accused him of planning to destabilise West Africa during his time in power. He was accused of supporting a rebel attack in Ivory Coast seeking to unseat General Robert Guei in 2002. But Mr. Taylor said he was a regional peace maker. From The Hague, Amara Bangura reports.

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January 21, 2010
The former Liberian president Charles Taylor has denied seeking to overthrow a predecessor, Samuel Doe, so that he could seize power himself in 1991. At his trial in The Hague, he insisted that his intention was to pave the way for Jackson F. Doe to become president. But the prosecution accused him of peddling propaganda. Amara Bangura reports from The Hague.

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January 22, 2010
The Court does not sit on Fridays