The News Review:
- Petra Diamonds – Update from Kono Project in Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone’s war crimes prosecutors wrap up case against…
- UN wants Taylor tried on war crimes charges
- War-divided Ivory Coast prepares to disarm – again
- A strategy to prevent ‘failed states’
Petra Diamonds – Update from Kono Project in Sierra Leone
Resource Investor – Jul 14, 2005
0pt;text-align:center’>. 0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold’>. 0pt;font-family:Arial’>Petra Diamonds Limited(“Petra” or “the Company”), the AIM-quoted and ASX-listeddiamond mining group, announces an update with regards to the Kono Project inSierra Leone whereby Petra and Mano River Resources Inc (“Mano”)are engaged in a joint venture (the “Mano JV”) relating to theexploration and production of diamonds from diamondiferous kimberlite dykes(the “Lion” dykes) within Mano’s three contiguous licenceareas in the Kono diamond district of Sierra Leone. 0pt;font-family:Arial’>. 0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold’>Highlights. 0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.
Sierra Leone’s war crimes prosecutors wrap up case against…
highbeam.com – Jul 14, 2005
(Hide copyright information)CLARENCE ROY-MACAULEY, Associated Press WriterAP Worldstream07-14-2005Dateline: FREETOWN, Sierra LeoneProsecutors for Sierra Leone’s U. -backed war crimes court on Thursday wrapped up their case in the trial of three leaders of government-allied militia accused of war crimes during the country’s brutal civil war. Three defendants _ Sam Hinga Norman, Moinina Fofana and Allieu Kondew _ face eight charges stemming from alleged abuses committed during Sierra Leone’s 1991-2002 war. During the trial _ which lasted a little over a year _ 75 prosecution witnesses testified to support charges of murder, systematic looting and burning of villages, as well as the recruitment of child soldiers.
UN wants Taylor tried on war crimes charges
People's Daily Online – Jul 14, 2005
He should go to Freetown. He should face charges,” Louise Arbour said as she wrapped up a five-day trip to Liberia and headed to Sierra Leone. A one-time warlord, Taylor launched a 1989-96 insurgency in Liberia before winning presidential elections in 1997.
War-divided Ivory Coast prepares to disarm – again
San Diego Union Tribune – Jul 14, 2005
Britain’s Commission for Africa, in its blueprint for reversing poverty and decline on the continent, said no amount of foreign aid or debt relief would have much effect without ending wars and controlling the arms that have "increased the duration of conflicts and made them more lethal. "There have been successes elsewhere in Africa. In Sierra Leone, for example, a $36 million disarmament program was declared completed in February 2004, closing a final chapter in an 11-year war that was one of the modern world’s most vicious. But success came only after earlier failed attempts in that West African country. In Ivory Coast, arms are leverage for the rebels, said Mike McGovern, West Africa director of the International Crisis Group, a think tank. "They’ll hold onto them until they feel they’ve achieved as much of their political agenda as they can. "None of the warring parties began disarming June 27, the last announced date.
A strategy to prevent ‘failed states’
San Diego Union Tribune – Jul 14, 2005
Beyond bringing misery to their inhabitants, they are incubators and launching pads for a wide array of threats to U. The situation in failing and failed states also threatens disruption of global energy supplies, including the 33 percent of oil imports we get from Angola, Iraq, Nigeria and Venezuela. Al-Qaeda's ability to operate with impunity from Afghanistan convinced the Bush administration that ungoverned territories could pose a mortal threat. In 2002, for the first time in history, President Bush declared, "America is now threatened less by conquering states than we are by failing ones," and for nearly three years, his administration has grappled with how to translate this insight into practical policy. The Pentagon provided one response in March in its National Defense Strategy.