Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Charles Taylor's chief lawyer said Thursday he wants former South African President Thabo Mbeki to give evidence at the war-crimes trial of the former Liberian leader.
Courtenay Griffiths, Taylor's chief counsel at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in the Netherlands, told The Associated Press during a visit to Johannesburg that he wants to interview Mbeki and weapons makers in South Africa. He said he seeks details on Taylor's 2003 resignation and details on arms deals that Taylor may have made."It is suggested by the prosecution that Mr. Taylor did not step down voluntarily as president of Liberia — he was forced out of office by, among others, Thabo Mbeki," Griffiths said. "Mr. Taylor flatly denies that he was put under any pressure to step down."Griffiths said Mbeki's evidence may support Taylor's credibility. He said the prosecution suggested that Taylor lied to the court about his resignation and the defense wants to prove that wrong.Griffiths said has he aske...Corporations and human rights groups are squaring off in a Supreme Court fight over whether foreign victims of war crimes, killings and other atrocities can haul mul...
Corporations and human rights groups are squaring off in a Supreme Court fight over whether foreign victims of war crimes, killings and other atrocities can haul mul...
In a rare visit to a region with which he once fought a civil war, Sudan's president said Tuesday he is ready to welcome and assist Southern Sudan as a new country i...
Voter registration began in Southern Sudan on Monday in preparation for a January independence referendum that could see Africa's largest country split in two.Voters...
International mediators tried to intervene Sunday in Ivory Coast's growing political crisis after both candidates in the disputed election said they were now preside...
United Nations peacekeepers laid sandbags and rolled out miles (kilometers) of razor wire Monday to protect the aging hotel that has become the de facto presidency o...
JUBA, Sudan -- Southern Sudan is suspending talks and diplomatic contact with northern Sudan over claims that the northern government is funding militias in the sout...
JOHANNESBURG, (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden held an hour-long discussion with former South African president Thabo Mbeki at Mbeki's home in Johannesburg.A Mbe...
LONDON (AP) — For the second year in a row, organizers of a $5 million annual prize for good governance in Africa say they have decided not to give out the award.The...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Chilean-American author and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman said Saturday that former enemies in both post-apartheid South Africa and in Chil...
Sudan's government waged war with the south for more than two decades and repeatedly tried to delay an independence referendum. Now, in a rare visit, President Omar ...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Jacob Zuma began a crucial two-day visit to neighboring Zimbabwe on Tuesday, in his first official trip as chief mediator...
Sudan withdrew its army Tuesday from the disputed Abyei border region that contains rich oil fields and is contested by neighboring South Sudan, handing it over to U...
South African President Thabo Mbeki ResignsSunday, September 21, 2008Print APSept. 21: In this image from a live national television broadcast South African Presiden...
South African President Thabo Mbeki Meets With Zimbabwe RivalsSunday, August 10, 2008PrintHARARE, Zimbabwe — South African President Thabo Mbeki spent more than eig...
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki to Help Mediate Political Crisis in ZimbabweMonday, October 13, 2008Print APIn this file photo, leaders from Zimbabwe and ...
Political Fate of South African President Thabo Mbeki Up in the AirFriday, September 19, 2008PrintJOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The fate of President Thabo Mbeki hun...
Four foreigners who were arrested by Sudanese authorities and held for three weeks were on a U.N. mine clearing mission along the disputed border with South Sudan, a...
Four inmates pardoned by former Gov. Haley Barbour are scheduled to be released Saturday, including a South African man whose pardon had the support of a Nobel Peace...
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