The News Review:

- Sierra Leone at Peace, Not at Ease
- Liberia’s Taylor Appears Before Hague Court
- Sierra Leone: The Justice Experiment

Sierra Leone at Peace, Not at Ease
Washington Post – Aug 7, 2006
But its foreign debt is massive, illiteracy is 80 percent and various U. studies list it as the poorest member. The fighting has displaced an estimated 1.

Liberia’s Taylor Appears Before Hague Court
Washington Post – Jul 22, 2006
than operates in Freetown. “Herman von Hebel, deputy registrar for the Sierra Leone court, described the problems as “start-up issues” and said he would visit Taylor next week to ensure they were ironed out. Khan also criticized Annan for referring to war crimes suspects such as Taylor as criminals, saying it undermined their right to be presumed innocent. Annan’s comment was “not just unseemly,” he said. “It is repugnant to justice. “However, presiding judge Richard Lussick assured Khan that judges would ignore Annan’s comments.

Sierra Leone: The Justice Experiment
AllAfrica.com – Aug 4, 2006
Four years on, the Sierra Leonean people are still learning how to move on from such horrors and their causes. Punishing perpetrators is part of that recovery but, as Sierra Leoneans are quick to point out, only a part. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); With ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor behind bars and awaiting trial for war crimes committed in Sierra Leone's brutal 1991-2002 civil war, one of Africa's biggest 'big men' has been halted. Taylor's impending trial before a UN-backed Special Court is set to be the first time a former African president faces an international tribunal for crimes allegedly committed while in office.