10 points on the Lord of War from Liberia
*Charles Taylor was born on 28 January, 1948 to a family of Americo-Liberians, they are the elite group that sprang out of the freed slaves in Liberia
*His full name is Charles MacArthur Ghankay Taylor
*His spouses
- Enid Rupee Taylor (1979-1997)
- Jewel Howard (1997-2006)
*Taylor became the leader of a Libyan-backed rebel group in 1989 and the sole aim of the group was to overthrow Samuel Doe
*His rebel group, National Patriotic Front of Liberia activities plunged Liberia into the First Liberian Civil War from 1989-1996
*Opposition to Taylor's government led to the outbreak of the Second Liberian Civil War from 1999-2003
*He was accused of war crimes and crimes againt humanity as a result of his involvement in the Sierra Leone Civil War (1991-2002)
*He was detained by the UN backed special court for Sierra Leone in 2006 after his forced exile in Calabar, Nigeria
*He was sentenced to 50 years after being convicted of 11 charges ranging from acts of terrorism, looting, murder, rape and otyer inhumane acts
*The Warlord was the 22 President of Liberia and he served from 2 August 1997 to 11 August 2003
sources:
www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12392062
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(Liberian_Politician)