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 ...

Liberia, West Africa’s most forested country, has a long history of illegal logging, which the country's regulator, the Forestry Development Authority, has repeatedly struggled to confront. So it ...

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is the first African leader to be tried before an international tribunal for war crimesICC / AP Pulling the microphone toward him, the dapper 61-year-old man ...

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This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. And I'm Melissa Block. In West Africa ...