The court will investigate crimes against humanity committed during the African country’s two civil wars between 1989 and 2003Senators in Liberia have voted overwhelmingly to establish a war crimes court, two decades after civil conflict ended in the west African country.The new court will investigate and try crimes against humanity and corruption committed during Liberia’s two civil wars between 1989 and 2003, which killed up to 250,000 people. Continue reading
Yesterday, I signed the resolution to establish the Extraordinary War and Economic Crimes Courts for Liberia. Today, I voted ‘YES’ for the resolution during the sitting of the Liberian Senate – 18 years after the devastating civil war. My father, “Papa” as I called him, was killed along with three of my youngest siblings – []
More than 13 million Ecuadorians are expected to head to the polls Sunday for a referendum dominated by security issues, in a vote that could shape the political future of President Daniel Noboa and his tough-on-crime agenda. Noboa, the son of a banana tycoon, swept into office last November as the youngest president in Ecuador’s history on the back of a promise to rein in the rampant crime that has transformed the once tranquil country into one plagued by violence and turf wars between drug...
A U.S. judge has tossed out a series of civil lawsuits against a Libyan military commander who used to live in Virginia and was accused of killing innocent civilians in that country’s civil war. At a court hearing Friday, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said she had no jurisdiction to preside over a case alleging […]
A U.S. judge has tossed out a series of civil lawsuits against a Libyan military commander who used to live in Virginia and was accused of killing innocent civilians in that country’s civil war
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A U.S. judge has tossed out a series of civil lawsuits against a Libyan military commander who used to live in Virginia and was accused of killing innocent civilians in that country’s civil war. A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled Friday that he had no
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A U.S. judge has tossed out a series of civil lawsuits against a Libyan military commander who used to live in Virginia and was accused of killing innocent civilians in that country’s civil war. A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled Friday that he had no
CAPITOL HILL, Monrovia – House Speaker, Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa, has sharply debunked allegation that Members of the House of Representatives of the 55th Legislature were bribed by foreign organizations a hefty sum of money to sign the resolution calling for the establishment of a war and economic crimes court in Liberia. By Moses P. []
There are plans to open the grandest of grand B&Bs, not only in all of South Yorkshire but possibly in the entire country - just a few miles from Rotherham.
“Civil War,” the latest and ostensibly final film from director Alex Garland, has a lot on its mind. From the first scene in which the unnamed U.S. president, played by Nick Offerman, addresses a divided nation, it’s clear that this film was intended to comment on modern times. What’s less clear, however, is what it
JERUSALEM and south LEBANON – Christian-Muslim tensions in Lebanon have erupted after the murder of well-known Christian politician Pascal Sleiman. Given his fierce opposition to Hezbollah, Lebanese Christians are worried for their safety as the terror group's intimidation grows. A Syrian gang is believed to have kidnapped and murdered Sleiman, a strong believer and senior member of the Christian Lebanese Forces Party. Experts here see it as a political assassination linked to Hezbollah, meant...
Considered in the context of American politics circa 2024, the effect of director Alex Garland's worldbuilding is an accretion of creeping dread.