Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Africa - Voice of America: Mixed Reaction to Sentencing of Liberia's Charles Taylor

Africa - Voice of America
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Mixed Reaction to Sentencing of Liberia's Charles Taylor
May 30th 2012, 17:24

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone. Hundreds of people turned out at a courthouse in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, to watch as Taylor received his sentencing, broadcast live from The Hague. Musa Conteh still has nightmares about his experience during the war. Rebels took over his house in Makeni, north of Freetown. Several times they almost killed him. He ...

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