The News Review:
- Chimps Sought in Attack on US Tourists in Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone’s Last Suspect Still at Large
- Try Charles Taylor in Africa
- Top war crimes prosecutor at US-Sierra Leone court announces resignati…
Chimps Sought in Attack on US Tourists in Sierra Leone
FOX News – Apr 24, 2006
Embassy warned Americans against traveling to the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, from where the chimps escaped before the Sunday attack on a taxicab filled with Americans and others. The Sierra Leonean driver died as the chimps ripped his body apart and the three Americans were treated at a local hospital for minor injuries, said a top police official, Oliver Somasa.
Sierra Leone’s Last Suspect Still at Large
Washington Post – Apr 25, 2006
“There’s some evidence to suggest that he’s dead, but that hasn’t been confirmed and until it is, his case remains open,” said Andersen. “If he’s in Freetown, give us his address. “Koroma seized power in Sierra Leone in a 1997 officers’ coup, allying himself with the rebels. An intervention force made up of West African troops ousted him the following year. In 2000, Koroma switched sides, winning a measure of popular support by helping the civilian government defeat a new wave of rebel attacks. After the war ended, he won a parliamentary seat in May 2002 elections. Following a shootout with government forces at a military barracks in January 2003, authorities accused him of trying to destabilize the new government and he fled.
Try Charles Taylor in Africa
International Herald Tribune – Apr 17, 2006
But Taylor's forthcoming war crimes trial should not be transferred to The Hague, as Liberia's president and the court itself have requested. Such a transfer would defeat a main purpose behind the establishment of the court in Sierra Leone:to teach Africans, in their own countries, the fundamentals of justice and to drive home the principle that no one is above the law. The special court has the potential to help raise West Africa's standards for accountability, transparency, fairness and the humane treatment of defendants. In countries where might makes right, demonstrating the proper administration of justice can be an unbeatable nation-building tool.
Top war crimes prosecutor at US-Sierra Leone court announces resignati…
San Diego Union Tribune – Apr 28, 2006
com > News > World — Top war crimes prosecutor at U. -Sierra Leone court announces resignation. -backed Sierra Leone war crimes court announced his resignation Friday, but left the door open to returning one day to lead the prosecution against ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor.