The Federal courthouse in Bellinzona, Switzerland where the war crimes trial of Alieu Kosiah is being held. “He (Kosiah) was giving the command and the command was executed,” the witness told the panel of three judges of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court prosecuting Kosiah. Kosiah is the first Liberian to be prosecuted for war crimes connected to the country’s 1989-2003 civil war, which killed an estimated 250,000 people and displaced one million. “He (Kosiah) even screamed at his soldiers to execute the order,” the witness told the panel. The witness is the first Liberian to testify in a war crimes trial connected with the country’s civil war.

Source: Front Page Africa February 16, 2021 08:48 UTC