Day: October 27, 2021

PERSPECTIVE: Joe Biden Should Support the War and Economic Crimes Court for Liberia

IPNEWS: It is time to do right by Liberia and abide by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia’s recommendations. In 1990, just prior to the start of its civil war, the West African nation of Sierra Leone had a population of just over four million people. Over the next eleven years, more than 50,000 …

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Charles Taylor sues Liberian government over pensions

IPNEWS: Former Liberian warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor, jailed for five decades for war crimes, has filed a lawsuit against his country’s government over its ‘refusal’ to pay his pension and retirement benefits, according to a court statement. Taylor sparked a 13-year civil war in Liberia when he led a rebellion in 1989 to oust President Samuel …

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JUSTICE MINISTRY AGAIN PLACES WATER AND SEWER INVESTIGATIONS IN LACC’S LAPS

IPNEWS: The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission says it has again received a second report from the Ministry of Justice asking the Commission to take charge. The LACC in a statement says it has received the investigative report on Corruption charges at the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation in which several officials there were deemed to have …

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