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 ...

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting brutal rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone in return for ...

In a historic ruling in what is being called a “watershed” war crimes case, a United Nations-backed court has convicted ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor of war crimes he committed during a ...

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor faces a long list of war crimes before the UN's Special Court for Sierra Leone. His gruesome list of crimes includes terrorism, murder, rape, sexual slavery, ...