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 ...

Judges in The Hague convicted Liberia's former president, Charles Taylor, of aiding war crimes and crimes against humanity, capping a long quest seen as a test of how a court in Europe could bring ...

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 ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: AP Chief of African News Michelle Faul covered both sides of Liberia's civil war and the war in Sierra Leone from 1990 to 1994, when she was West Africa correspondent. FREETOWN, Sierra ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.