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 ...

Click image for more photos. Former Liberian President Charles G. Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Wednesday for his role in Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war that left more than ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was jailed for 50 years on Wednesday for helping Sierra Leonean rebels commit what a court in The Hague called some of the worst war ...

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) – The ex-wife of former Liberian President Charles Taylor says the convicted war criminal made “the ultimate sacrifice” by exiting the country 10 years ago Sunday, an event that ...

Charles Taylor, the first head of state to be convicted of international war crimes since World War II, was given a 50 year prison sentence today for his role in the atrocities during Sierra Leone's ...

UNHCR sees the departure of Charles Taylor as a positive development that will usher in a new era for Liberia, allowing humanitarians to resume helping hundreds of thousands of people who have endured ...

Liberian President Charles Taylor says he will accept the Nigeria's offer of asylum, but gives no timeframe for giving up power. Taylor also calls on the United States to send peacekeepers to help ...

Liberia's former President Charles Taylor boycotted the opening of his trial in The Hague for war crimes in Sierra Leone on Monday, saying he had lost faith in the U.N.-backed court.