Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor

Liberia's economy was decimated by the civil war and the subsequent regime under President Charles Ghankay Taylor...

Gbagbo's foes have wide backing: rebels in western Côte d'Ivoire have been armed and helped by mercenaries loyal to Liberia's Charles Taylor and the northern Ivorian rebels the Forces Nouvelles were armed by Taylor's ally Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré...

The report of the United Nations Special Court in Freetown pointing to Liberian warlord Charles Taylor's involvement in anti-Conté plots was seen as vindicating Diallo's efforts...

Their central calculation is that what's good for Liberia's exiled warlord Charles Taylor will be bad for Guinea...

LIB officials said that around the time of the overthrow of the then President Charles Taylor in 2003 Saint-Yrian approached David Aim Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LIB looking for a partner in a mining deal...

Charles Taylor Liberia's exiled warlord stands accused of crimes across the region...

Directors include Rilwanu Lukman formerly Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Nigeria's ex-Oil Minister; Egbert Imomoh former Deputy Managing Director of Shell in Nigeria; Guy Pas formerly chief financial officer of oil traders Addax and of the mineral house Oryx; and Engelbert Cooper a Liberian with a colourful business history under ex-Presidents Samuel Doe and Charles Taylor and later in South Africa...

Jammeh's links with Liberia's exiled warlord Charles Taylor did him little good...

But with the war in Côte d'Ivoire by no means over unemployed ex-fighters will be tempted to re-enlist and ex-President Charles Taylor exiled in Calabar keeps in touch...

Meanwhile Liberian leader Charles Taylor remains safely in Calabar Nigeria resisting the Court's efforts to bring him to Freetown...