The trial will return to Finland in May and the case is scheduled for judgement in the Finnish fall. Holding a war crimes trial on Liberian soil is a major development in the campaign for the establishment of a war crimes court for Liberia. Despite the 2009 recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Liberia’s Legislature is yet to pass a law to approve a war crimes court for Liberia. Together, the two groups destabilized the Mano River basin killing an estimated 250,000 in Liberia, 50,000 in Sierra Leone and 1,000 in Guinea. He joined the group at the age of 21 in 1991 after it raided his village of Pujehun in Southern Sierra Leone.

Source: Front Page Africa January 29, 2021 06:33 UTC