>From: Fye Samateh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: SV: Re: FWD:Arrest warrant for Liberia leader >Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 21:22:32 +0200 > >Habib. > >I hope so as well this Tycoon shares the same cell with Foday rather than being a president. >Liberian people deserves better,who knows the next indictment might be Yahya Jammeh.He >better watchout too. > > >Regards >Fye. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Habib Ghanim > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:04 PM > Subject: Re: FWD:Arrest warrant for Liberia leader > > > I hope they do as it will not be in Ghana's interest not to.with the world bank and many international institutions putting pressure on him. > > Maybe he will share the same cell as Phoday Sonko . who knows > > > > > > >From: Momodou Camara > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: FWD:Arrest warrant for Liberia leader > >Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:32:14 -0500 > > > >This is a very interesting development. The question is whether Ghana will > >arrest Charles Taylor and han him over. > > > >----------------------- > > > >Arrest warrant for Liberia leader > >Liberian President Charles Taylor has been indicted for war crimes by a > >United Nations-backed court in Sierra Leone. > >Mr Taylor is currently in neighbouring Ghana, where peace talks with rebels > >started on Wednesday. > > > >A warrant for his arrest has been served on the Ghanaian authorities and > >sent to Interpol, said the court's chief prosecutor, David Crane. > > > >Mr Taylor is accused of being the principal backer of Sierra Leone rebels > >during a brutal 10-year civil war which ended in 2002. > > > >The Special Court for Sierra Leone accuses Mr Taylor of crimes against > >humanity and violations of international humanitarian law. > > > >However, Ghana's interior and foreign ministers have both told the BBC that > >they have not officially been asked to arrest Mr Taylor. > > > >The BBC's Paul Welsh at the peace talks in Accra says Mr Taylor strode > >confidently onto the platform to take his place next to South African > >President Thabo Mbeki. > > > >Mr Taylor is already the subject of UN sanctions for his alleged role in > >the civil war, in which tens of thousands of people were killed. > > > >Many more had their limbs hacked off with machetes. > > > >Sanctions > > > >The BBC's World Affairs correspondent, Mark Doyle, says that under > >President Taylor the country has become something of a pariah state. > > > > > >The UN has imposed sanctions against the leadership because of their role > >in the recent war in Sierra Leone, and there have been allegations of > >Liberia's involvement in diamond trafficking. > > > >The UN renewed the sanctions last month, widening them to include the > >logging industry - the largest source of government revenue. > > > >The head of the UN refugee agency, Ruud Lubbers, has called for the > >president's removal from office. > > > >Mr Taylor, in turn, says the Liberian rebels are former warlords who have > >also committed gross human rights violations. > > > > > >Compromise > > > >Our correspondent says that the peace talks in Ghana have been overshadowed > >by Mr Taylor's indictment. > > > >Several African leaders are there but neither rebel group has yet arrived, > >he says. > > > > > >Western and African diplomats say Mr Taylor had agreed to take part in the > >talks because of the huge gains made by the rebels in recent months. > > > >But he says the talks - brokered by the Economic Community of West African > >States (Ecowas) - are about compromise, not about his standing down. > > > >The latest in the country's long history of civil wars began in 1999, when > >a group called the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (Lurd) > >accused Mr Taylor of dictatorship and launched a rebellion in the north. > > > >The fighting spread to other parts of the country. Now Lurd rebels hold > >more territory than the government and can even launch attacks on Monrovia. > > > >Mysterious death > > > >The head of the former Sierra Leone Revolutionary United Front rebels, > >Foday Sankoh, is among the nine people previously indicted by the Special > >Court. > > > >Seven of these are in custody. > > > >Last month, the court urged Mr Taylor of harbouring one of Mr Sankoh's > >deputies, Sam Bockarie. > > > >Shortly afterwards, the Liberian authorities said he had been killed in a > >shoot-out with their forces. > > > > > >TAYLOR TIMELINE > >1989: Launches rebellion > >1991: RUF rebellion starts in Sierra Leone > >1995: Peace deal signed > >1997: Elected president > >1999: Lurd starts rebellion to oust Taylor > > > >Story from BBC NEWS: > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/2961390.stm > > > >Published: 2003/06/04 13:35:23 GMT > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l > >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > >[log in to unmask] > > > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface > >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Tired of spam? 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