Liberian rebel leader Kosiah convicted of war crimes

Liberian rebel leader Alieu Kosiah has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a court in Switzerland, over atrocities committed during Liberia’s civil wars. The case has delivered the first ever conviction relating to the country’s civil conflicts.

Plus, ahead of Ethiopia’s elections next week, a report from Ataye, where more than a hundred people were killed in fighting between Oromo and Amhara communities.

And we pay our weekly visit to our Resident Presidents. They’ve been keeping an eye on the G7 summit which took place in Cornwall in the UK.

(Photo: The aftermath of a rocket attack in Monrovia, 1992; Credit: Getty Images)