South Africa-based regional mobile operator MTN Group’s Liberian subsidiary, MTN Liberia (trading under the Lonestar Cell brand), has become embroiled in allegations that it may be a financial vehicle for convicted warlord Charles Taylor. An unconfirmed newspaper report from City Press writes that MTN Liberia’s chairperson Benoni Urey has been named by the United Nations (UN) as an accomplice of the former Liberian president and war criminal Talyor. Last week the UN Security Council delisted a number of former Taylor associates from its so-called ‘assets-freeze’ and ‘travel-ban list’, but did not strike off Urey’s name from the list.
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OVETEL MTN’s Liberian unit caught up in Charles Taylor link claim
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