Liberia
# liberia - Saturday 9 June, 2012
UN condemns attack on peacekeepers in Ivory Coast
Seven peacekeepers were killed during Friday’s ambushes.
# liberia - Sunday 3 June, 2012
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# liberia - Wednesday 30 May, 2012
Charles Taylor jailed for 50 years for war crimes
The former Liberian leader was convicted of crimes of the “utmost gravity in terms of scale and brutality” according to judges.
# liberia - Thursday 3 May, 2012
Prosecution wants 80 years for Charles Taylor
Prosecutors say that Charles Taylor deserves an 80-year sentence for the war crimes he was convicted of last week, including aiding and abetting murder and rape on a mass scale.
# liberia - Friday 27 April, 2012
Taylor verdict hailed a ‘victory for victims’
Human rights groups call for better reparations for victims and for more perpetrators to be brought to justice.
# liberia - Thursday 26 April, 2012
Charles Taylor convicted in ‘blood diamond’ and child soldier trial
Former Liberian president is first world leader convicted by an international court since the Nuremburg trials.
# liberia - Tuesday 20 March, 2012
Liberian President defends anti-homosexual law
The Nobel Peace Prize winner says she will not challenge laws criminalising homosexual acts – saying certain “traditional values” should be preserved.
# liberia - Saturday 10 December, 2011
Three women accept Nobel Peace Prize
The women, who fought injustice and dictatorship in Liberia and Yemen, received the prize at a ceremony in Oslo this afternon.
# liberia - Saturday 15 October, 2011
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Liberian opposition alleges fraud in Nobel laureate’s Presidential victory
Liberia’s opposition reject the results of last week’s first-round election, in which incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf topped the poll.
# liberia - Friday 7 October, 2011
Women from Liberia and Yemen jointly awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and democratic activist Tawakkul Karman of Yemen
# liberia - Friday 25 March, 2011
Ivory Coast violence threatens access to medical care
Medecin Sans Frontieres staff providing treatment despite difficulties including lack of supplies, resources and threats of violence, while Concern steps up its work in Liberia after refugees pour in from the Ivory Coast.
# liberia - Monday 7 March, 2011
Ivory Coast violence continues, rebels claim capture of town
Observers fear that full-blown civil war will erupt in the country, as protests against defiant strongman Laurent Gbagbo continue.
# liberia - Saturday 27 November, 2010
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