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Liberia rebel leader jailed for war crimes

A court in Switzerland has delivered the first ever conviction over the wars in Liberia which killed around 250,000 people between 1989 and 2003. Rebel leader Alieu Kosiah has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes including murder and rape. Rodney Sieh, editor of Front Page Africa, talks to Focus on Africa鈥檚 Esau Williams about the case.

(Photo: Refugees carry their belongings near Paynesville, 1989; Credit: Getty Images)

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