Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was found guilty by an international tribunal of planning, aiding and abetting war crimes during the 1990s. This marks the first time since World War II ...

Today, at long last, an international tribunal has reached a verdict in the trial of the former Liberian warlord-turned-president, Charles Taylor. The court found him guilty of eleven counts of ...

In a landmark ruling, an international tribunal found former Liberian President Charles Taylor guilty Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes in neighboring Sierra Leone’s notoriously brutal ...

Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia—looking natty in bespoke suits and gold-rimmed eyeglasses, his hair salt-and-pepper—has listened as witnesses have bandied charges and ...

His post reads: “US President Donald Trump has released an order to free former President Charles Taylor.” Findings by Dubawa, a fact-checking organisation, showed none of the executive orders ...

Though Taylor was charged by an international court and convicted of war crimes in 2011, that case involved his actions during a different civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone. He is serving a 50 ...

July 19, 1997 - Taylor is elected president of Liberia in a special election. 2000 - Rebels in Liberia begin a struggle against Taylor’s government. June 4, 2003 - Taylor is indicted for crimes ...

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is to be sentenced for war crimes by a UN court in The Hague. Last month Taylor was found guilty of aiding and abetting rebels in Sierra Leone during the ...

Liberia’s ex-president and warlord Charles Taylor is to serve his 50-year prison sentence for war crimes in Britain (Picture: AFP / Getty) A former Liberian president who sold blood diamonds to ...