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April 26, 2012

Ex-Liberian President Taylor Convicted of War Crimes 
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An international tribunal has convicted former Liberan president Charles
Taylor on 11 counts of war crimes during Sierra Leone’s civil war.
Taylor was found guilty of overseeing crimes including murder, rape,
conscripting child soldiers and sexual slavery. He becomes the first
African head of state to be found guilty in an international court.
Earlier this year, U.S. officials confirmed long-held suspicions Taylor
worked for the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies during his
emergence as a warlord in the 1980s.

 

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