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Audit: Liberian gov't awarded billions in contracts to multinationals that violated law

The Canadian PressMay 3, 2013 12:01
MONROVIA, Liberia - The Liberian government awarded about $8 billion in contracts to multinational companies without following its own laws, according to a draft of a new audit that reviewed dozens of deals. Critics say the way the government granted concessions for timber, mining and oil exploration has allowed the companies to benefit at the expense of the West African nation still recovering from civil war a decade later. It was not immediately clear how those contracts the audit found to be improper might be affected.

Ex-Angola PM hits out at government

April 2, 2013 12:46
A former Angolan prime minister on Tuesday launched a barbed attack against his former government colleagues, denouncing President Jose Eduardo dos Santos's government as authoritarian and corrupt. At the first congress of a new political party Marcolino Moco accused the regime of dos Santos, who has ruled for 33 years, of carrying out an institutional "coup". "It would be an exaggeration to say that the country is experiencing a coup d'etat but there is a political and institutional coup being carried out by the party in power."

Belgium seeks end to EU sanctions on Zimbabwe miner

February 13, 2013 21:45
* Some EU states oppose move, want more political progress * EU sanctions on Zimbabwe must be renewed by Feb. 20 By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Belgium is pushing for European Union sanctions on a Zimbabwean gold and diamond mining company to be lifted, putting it at odds with some of its EU partners days before a deadline to extend sanctions on Zimbabwe, EU diplomats said on Wednesday.

CORRECTED-Detective in Liberian ex-president's trial jailed for witness tampering

February 8, 2013 14:00
(Corrects headline and paragraph 3 to make clear investigator was not convicted of bribery) * Detective convicted of witness tampering * Ex Liberian President convicted of war crimes By Tommy Trenchard FREETOWN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - An investigator hired by former Liberian President Charles Taylor's defence team will spend 30 months in jail for tampering with prosecution witnesses in the landmark case, a U.N.-backed court decided on Friday.

UPDATE 1-Prosecutors seek tougher warcrimes term for Liberia's Taylor

January 22, 2013 13:00
* Former Liberian leader did not aid atrocities, defence says * Prosecutors say he played direct role, want wider conviction * Defence says much of evidence against Taylor is hearsay (Adds defence response) By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Prosecutors called for a stiffer sentence for former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Tuesday, telling war crimes judges he played a direct role in crimes against humanity during the civil war in Sierra Leone.

Stiffer jail term urged for former Liberian president

January 22, 2013 10:45
By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Prosecutors called for a stiffer sentence for former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Tuesday, telling war crimes judges in the Hague he played a direct role in crimes against humanity during the civil war in Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, Taylor's defence, which wants his conviction overturned, wrote in filings to the court hearing both appeals that the conviction was "plagued with internal inconsistencies, misstatements of evidence and conflicting findings".
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