Former Liberian president guilty of "aiding and abetting" in landmark decision. April 26, 2012 — -- After a five year trial that included grisly testimony from victims who were missing limbs, ...

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.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Thousands of people who survived Sierra Leone's brutal civil war a decade ago celebrated Thursday after learning that Charles Taylor had been convicted for his role in ...

A former ally of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor has been deported from Sierra Leone to his home country of Senegal, a government minister has said. Ibrahim Bah, also known as Ibrahim Baldeh, ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor left West Africa on Tuesday for the Netherlands for a long-awaited trial on charges of backing brutal rebels in Sierra Leone. Taylor ...

Freetown — Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone has said former Liberian President, Charles Taylor "would not get off the hook because the case against him is very serious." Stephen ...

Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia, has been convicted of 11 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes. Although symbolic, imprisoning Taylor is a small step toward the arc of ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone deported an associate of former Liberian president Charles Taylor a week before he was due to stand trial for crimes committed during the West African nation's ...

Pulling the microphone toward him, the dapper 61-year-old man in sunglasses creased his forehead, cleared his throat emphatically and introduced himself to the war-crimes court in the Hague: “My name ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone deported an associate of former Liberian president Charles Taylor last week, sparing him a trial for crimes committed during the 1991-2002 civil war due to begin on ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, March 31 -- Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who once escaped from a Massachusetts prison and vanished again earlier this week, is being closely guarded as he awaits ...