People of the Sierra Leone Civil War - People Indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Charles Taylor, David Richards, Nick Parker (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: People indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Charles Taylor, David Richards, Nick Parker, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Tim Spicer, Robert C. MacKenzie, Bryan Budd, Johnny Paul Koroma, Sam Bockarie, Foday Sankoh, Philip Wilcocks, Valentine Strasser, Samuel Hinga Norman, George Zambellas, Alex Tamba Brima, Phil Ashby, Santigie Borbor Kanu, Brima Bazzy Kamara, Moinina Fofana, Allieu Kondewa. Excerpt: Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor (born 28 January 1948) was the 22nd President of Liberia, serving from 2 August 1997 until his resignation on 11 August 2003. Born in Arthington, Montserrado County, Liberia, Taylor earned a degree at Bentley College in the United States before returning to Liberia to work in the government of Samuel Doe. After being removed for embezzlement, he eventually arrived in Libya, where he was trained as a guerilla fighter. He returned to Liberia in 1989 as the head of a Libyan-backed resistance group, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia, to overthrow the Doe regime, initiating the First Liberian Civil War. Following Doe's execution, he gained control of a large portion of the country and became one of the most prominent warlords in Africa. Following a peace deal that ended the war, Taylor terrorized the population into electing him president in the 1997 general election. During his term of office, Taylor was accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity as a result of his involvement in the Sierra Leone Civil War. Domestically, opposition to his regime grew, culminating in the outbreak of the Second Liberian Civil War in 1999. By 2003, he had lost control of much of the countryside and was formally indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone. That year, he resigned as a result of growing international pressure and went into exile in Nigeria. In 2006, the newly elected President Ellen J...