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Momodou



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Posted - 05 Aug 2013 :  20:29:56  Show Profile Send Momodou a Private Message
A story from AP Mobile:

Sierra Leone court issues warrant for arms dealer


FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - A judge in Sierra Leone has issued an arrest warrant for a top ally of former Liberian President Charles Taylor recently discovered living in Freetown. Tonia Mbawa issued the warrant Monday after Ibrahim Bah failed to appear in court. Bah has been accused of arranging arms and diamond deals between Taylor and Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front rebel group duri...

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Momodou



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Posted - 06 Aug 2013 :  09:53:08  Show Profile Send Momodou a Private Message
A story from AP Mobile:
Arms dealer 'expelled' from Sierra Leone


FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - A Sierra Leone court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for one of the most notorious arms dealers of its brutal 11-year civil war, but a justice official later said the ally of imprisoned former Liberian President Charles Taylor had already been kicked out - raising Western fears he will never be tried.

Adding to the confusion, his native Senegal denied it had received him.

Ibrahim Bah has been accused of arranging arms and diamond deals between Taylor and Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front rebel group, which has been accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, mutilation, amputation and forced abductions. Taylor received a 50-year sentence in May 2012 for supporting the rebels....


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A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone
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