Era of impunity wanes for African leaders
It could be the beginning of the end for Africa’s long era of impunity, during which awful deeds committed by presidents, dictators, and warlords have gone largely unpunished. The highest-profile evidence: This week’s arrest of notorious ex-Liberian-president Charles Taylor on war-crimes charges, which follows the recent booking of former Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Full Story