Should Liberia set up a war crimes court?
The chair of Liberia鈥檚 Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Jerome Verdier, says a war crimes court should be established, something his commission recommended in 2009.
The chair of Liberia鈥檚 Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Jerome Verdier, tells Focus on Africa a war crimes court should be established in the country. Creating such a body was recommended by his commission in 2009, but successive governments have failed to do so.
Plus, We speak to the Gambia鈥檚 health services director Mustapha Bittay, after the World Health Organization issued a global alert over four cough syrups which it says could be linked to the deaths of dozens of children in the country.
And Uganda鈥檚 Makerere University, one of the most prestigious educational institutions in East Africa, celebrates its one hundredth birthday.
(Photo: A Liberian army checkpoint in Monrovia, June 2003; Credit: Getty Images)
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