Charles Taylor
Liberia's Taylor jailed for 50 years
May 30, 2012 10:28 EDT
A UN-backed war crimes court handed Liberia's former president Charles Taylor a 50-year jail term Wednesday for arming rebels in Sierra Leone in return for "blood diamonds".
S.Leone amputees welcome Taylor sentence
May 30, 2012 10:23 EDT
Tears rolled down the face of double amputee Al Hadji Jusu Jarka as he welcomed a 50-year prison term for Liberia's former leader Charles Taylor for backing the Sierra Leone rebels who mutilated him.
Charles Taylor: lay preacher and feared warlord
May 30, 2012 08:49 EDT
Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor, the first former head of state to be sentenced in a war crimes trial by a global court since 1946, was once one of Africa's most feared warlords.
Liberia's Taylor sentenced to 50 years in jail
May 30, 2012 06:39 EDT
A UN-backed war crimes court sentenced Liberia's former president Charles Taylor to 50 years in jail Wednesday for arming rebels in Sierra Leone in return for "blood diamonds".
Liberia's Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years
May 30, 2012 05:57 EDT
A UN-backed war crimes court sentenced former Liberian president Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison Wednesday for arming Sierra Leone rebels in return for "blood diamonds".
Liberian warlord Charles Taylor faces sentencing
May 30, 2012 01:56 EDT
Liberia's convicted warlord Charles Taylor faces sentencing for war crimes by a special UN court Wednesday for arming Sierra Leone's rebels who paid him in "blood diamonds".
Sierra Leone diamond town lacks old lustre
May 27, 2012 15:27 EDT
It has been weeks since miner Sembo Sesay found a diamond in this eastern Sierra Leone town, whose soil was once littered with the stones that fuelled one of Africa's bloodiest wars.
UN praises progress in Liberia since end of civil wars
May 20, 2012 17:14 EDT
Liberia has made considerable progress in the years since back-to-back civil wars devastated the nation and killed about 250,000 people, a UN Security Council delegation said Sunday.
Convicted Taylor says prosecutors paid witnesses
May 16, 2012 06:37 EDT
Convicted Liberian warlord Charles Taylor on Wednesday accused prosecutors of paying and intimidating witnesses as he address a UN court in The Hague.
Convicted warlord Taylor says prosecutors paid witnesses
May 16, 2012 06:26 EDT
Convicted Liberian warlord Charles Taylor on Wednesday accused prosecutors of paying and intimidating witnesses as a UN court heard arguments ahead of his sentencing hearing in two weeks.
World hails Taylor war crimes conviction
Apr 27, 2012 00:35 EDT
Nations, rights groups and victims hailed a historic verdict after Liberia's Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone.
Taylor verdict delivers 'powerful message,' US says
Apr 26, 2012 20:48 EDT
The conviction of Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor on Thursday sends a "powerful message" to all war criminals, the United States said, hailing the "enormous" historical milestone.
International community hails Taylor conviction
Apr 26, 2012 15:44 EDT
The international community roundly cheered Thursday's conviction of former Liberian president Charles Taylor as a historic precedent that paves the way for future trials against criminal heads of state.
Cheers, quiet relief in Sierra Leone as Taylor found guilty
Apr 26, 2012 13:25 EDT
Sierra Leoneans cheered or quietly let the news sink in Thursday as ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor was convicted of aiding and abetting a terror campaign by rebels during their country's 11-year civil war.
Liberians fear for stability after Taylor verdict
Apr 26, 2012 12:28 EDT
Liberians shed few tears for Charles Taylor after their ex-president was found guilty of war crimes Thursday but there were fears his conviction could undermine a still fragile peace.
Cheers, quiet relief in S. Leone as Taylor found guilty
Apr 26, 2012 10:23 EDT
Sierra Leoneans cheered or quietly let the news sink in on Thursday as ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor was convicted of aiding and abetting a terror campaign by rebels during their country's 11-year civil war.
Liberia's Taylor faces jail in Britain
Apr 26, 2012 08:23 EDT
Liberia's ex-president Charles Taylor, found guilty by an international court on Thursday of war crimes in Sierra Leone, will serve his prison sentence in Britain, a Foreign Office spokeswoman said.
Charles Taylor guilty of S. Leone war crimes
Apr 26, 2012 07:57 EDT
Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday of war crimes for arming Sierra Leone's rebels in return for diamonds in the first verdict against a modern former head of state by a global court.
Charles Taylor 'criminally responsible': judge
Apr 26, 2012 07:17 EDT
Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor was criminally responsible for arming Sierra Leone's rebels in return for blood diamonds, a UN war crimes judge ruled Thursday
Charles Taylor's war crimes verdict opens
Apr 26, 2012 05:27 EDT
An international court opened on Thursday its judgement hearing for Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor, accused of arming Sierra Leone's rebels who paid him in "blood diamonds".
