Nobel winner Ellen Sirleaf faces challenge in today's election. Oct. 11, 2011 — -- The opposition party in Liberia, where elections are being held today, said it would welcome back former warlord ...

On Monday morning at 11:59 am, Charles Taylor, West Africa's most famous warlord handed over the presidency of Liberia to Vice President Moses Blah. Larry Mantle talks with Time magazine reporter, ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a news release Monday that agents returned a Liberian national to his home country on grounds that he is suspected of violating human rights and being ...

We begin with the trial of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor. It was claimed that he traded in arms and ammunition in return for so-called blood diamonds. Next we head to Syria where a ...

Charles Taylor did not support plans to attack Sierra Leone while he was in Libya, the accused former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today while being cross-examined by ...

A British court on Friday denied bail to an ex-wife of jailed former Liberian president Charles Taylor, ahead of her trial on charges of torture during his rebellion. Agnes Reeves Taylor, who lives in ...

UNITED NATIONS -- Charles Taylor, the former Liberian warlord and president on trial in The Hague on war crimes charges, saw the value of purchasing a good reputation in Washington. International ...

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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday by an international war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands, for a series of atrocities, including funding rebels in Sierra Leone.