Ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor has been found guilty of terrorism, murder and rape committed by rebels during Liberia's 11-year civil war.

When their trademark black cars rolled up at British socialite Mark Thatcher's gates in Cape Town a few months ago, the members of South Africa's elite Scorpions unit knew they were netting their biggest catch to date. But the Scorpions have also been ruffling feathers in many other quarters of South Africa.

Amid the clang and furore over Iraq's alleged weapons programme, one country has stood out as a model of how to get rid of arms of mass destruction -- South Africa.

Ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor has been found guilty of terrorism, murder and rape committed by rebels during Liberia's 11-year civil war.

Liberian former leader Charles Taylor awaits a verdict on charges of arming Sierra Leone's rebels in return for "blood diamonds" in the 1990s.

Côte d'Ivoire's Laurent Gbagbo has been sent to the ICC to face criminal charges -- becoming the first former president to stand before the tribunal.

A prosecutor at the International Criminal Court says Kenya's 2007 post-poll violence was not spontaneous but carefully planned by two ex-ministers.