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Liberia: Defence lawyers argue statute of limitations means rebel cannot be tried

Nigeria, March 23 -- Lawyers defending Liberian warlord, Kunti Kamara, in his appeal of his 2022 conviction for war crimes, advanced their second challenge to the case in court Friday, arguing that Fr... Read More


Liberia: Former rebel commander confirms humans killed, cut into pieces, sold in Foya

Nigeria, March 20 -- "Fine Boy" Kamara was one of the most notorious leaders of the Ulimo rebel group when it terrorised the town of Foya, Lofa County in Liberia between 1993 and 1994. On Tuesday he ... Read More


Liberia: Former "war wife", conscript accuse Liberian rebel commander of murder, torture, rape, cannibalism

Nigeria, March 16 -- The first victim to testify that he had served as a rebel under Ulimo commander Kunti Kamara appeared in Mr Kamara's appeal of his 2022 conviction for war crimes on Friday. The v... Read More


Convicted war criminal gives fiery defence in French appeal of fellow rebel commander

Nigeria, March 15 -- In a wandering, combative and, at times angry testimony convicted warlord Alieu Kosiah laid out an argument that he and his former Ulimo ally Kunti Kamara, whose appeal of his 202... Read More


Liberia: Witnesses tell court how Ulimo brought terror, anarchy to Lofa County

Nigeria, March 13 -- Witnesses from Foya in Lofa County gave the court hearing former rebel leader Kunti Kamara's appeal of his 2022 war crimes conviction a deeper sense of the terror and chaos that h... Read More


Liberia: Victims in French trial tell of cannibalism, rape and torture by rebels

Nigeria, March 12 -- The first Liberian victims, who are part of the case against convicted war criminal Kunti Kamara, testified today in Kamara's appeal of his 2022 conviction. Last week the witness... Read More


Liberian politics enters court as jury hears of passage of war crimes bill

Nigeria, March 11 -- The 4,400 miles between France and Liberia closed on Friday when present day news from Liberia made it into the appeal hearing here of convicted war criminal Kunti Kamara. Court ... Read More


Finnish court upholds acquittal of Sierra Leonean warlord charged with war crimes

Nigeria, Feb. 1 -- Finland's Court of Appeal has affirmed a lower court's acquittal of Gibril Massaquoi, an ex-commander of Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF), who was prosecuted for war ... Read More