Ex-leader faces graft charges
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Liberia has charged the former head of a transitional government with embezzling $1.3 million during two years in office in the wake of a devastating 14-year civil war, Information Minister Lawrence Bropleh said.
Justice Ministry officials had questioned former businessman Gyude Bryant last month concerning an audit by West African regional bloc ECOWAS, which had uncovered evidence of widespread graft during his 2003-05 power-sharing administration.
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female president, has vowed zero tolerance of corruption.
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