The RUF was an insurgent group that fought in Sierra Leone but also in Liberia for its ex-president Charles Taylor. But the prosecutors took the case to Turku court of appeal, whose members will travel to Liberia and Sierra Leone to hear witnesses again in the coming months, the court said. Taylor was convicted to 50 years in prison for war crimes by a U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague in 2013. In November, a French court sentenced former Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara to life in prison for atrocities committed during the first Liberian civil war. The Turku court expects to conclude the case in June, it said.

Source: Daily Observer January 10, 2023 17:34 UTC