Liberian rebel commander accused of cannibalism goes on trial in Switzerland

Alieu Kosiah is also accused of being involved in killing of 18 civilians, rape and recruiting child soldier

A former rebel commander accused of involvement in killing civilians, rape and eating pieces of a schoolteacher's heart during Liberia's civil war has decried his long pre-trial detention as proceedings began in Switzerland on Thursday.

The trial is one of a handful of cases brought to international courts in connection with the west African country's 1989-2003 civil war, in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed.