Charles Taylor Fast Facts

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Updated 1850 GMT (0250 HKT) January 17, 2022

Charles Taylor, leader of the rebel National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) waves to recruits 28 May 1990 upon seizing the port of Buchanan, 200 kms (120 miles) from the capital Monrovia.
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Charles Taylor: Liberia's feared warlord – Charles Taylor, leader of the rebel National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) waves to recruits 28 May 1990 upon seizing the port of Buchanan, 200 kms (120 miles) from the capital Monrovia.
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Rebels loyal to Charles Taylor take position behind a truck in May 1990 in Monrovia.
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Charles Taylor: Liberia's feared warlord – Rebels loyal to Charles Taylor take position behind a truck in May 1990 in Monrovia.
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A masked rebel loyal to warlord Charles Taylor patrols in the streets of Monrovia in August 1990.
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Charles Taylor: Liberia's feared warlord – A masked rebel loyal to warlord Charles Taylor patrols in the streets of Monrovia in August 1990.
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Liberian President Charles Taylor, right, chats to Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo during a symbolic bonfire to destroy weapons in Monrovia in July 1999.
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Charles Taylor: Liberia's feared warlord – Liberian President Charles Taylor, right, chats to Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo during a symbolic bonfire to destroy weapons in Monrovia in July 1999.
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A child soldier wearing a teddy bear backpack points his gun at a photographer in a street of Monrovia in June 2003.
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Liberia child – A child soldier wearing a teddy bear backpack points his gun at a photographer in a street of Monrovia in June 2003.
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Charles Taylor is comforted by his wife, Jewel Howard-Taylor, at the funeral of his mother in July 2003 in Monrovia.
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Charles Taylor: Liberia's feared warlord – Charles Taylor is comforted by his wife, Jewel Howard-Taylor, at the funeral of his mother in July 2003 in Monrovia.
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