International News

THE HAGUE – A defense witness for Charles Taylor has dismissed prosecution assertions that his testimony is contradicting that of the former Liberian president, telling the court that neither he nor Taylor is lying to the judges.

ABUJA – The Executive Chairperson of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), Cllr. Frances Johnson-Morris, is at the head of a three-member delegation in Abuja, Nigeria, to hold talks with authorities of that country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

MONROVIA – The failure of the Liberian Senate to confirm all presidential nominees to the Independent National Commission for Human Rights (INCHR) is a major setback to efforts to protect and promote human rights in Liberia, including moving forward the country’s transitional justice agenda, the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) said this week.

ACCRA – President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Ghanaian President John Atta Mills have signed a joint communiqué offering the two presidents an opportunity to build upon the long historical ties, review the state of bilateral relations between the two countries and to consider ways of further strengthening those relations.