Charles Taylor guilty of arming and abetting RUF rebels
Ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor has been found guilty of terrorism, murder and rape committed by rebels during Liberia's 11-year civil war.
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Government steps in to save Miss Liberia from shame
It has ended its war and had two elections, but for Liberia to select a winner of its national beauty contest has proved one challenge too far.
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Charles Taylor could end up languishing in UK jail
Disgraced former Liberian leader Charles Taylor is due to hear his fate as a four-year war crimes trial at The Hague draws to a close.
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Liberia's Taylor awaits verdict in blood diamond trial
Liberian former leader Charles Taylor awaits a verdict on charges of arming Sierra Leone's rebels in return for "blood diamonds" in the 1990s.
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Former Liberian first lady pushes anti-gay Bill
Former Liberian first lady Jewel Taylor has introduced a Bill for homosexuality to be made a first degree felony, amid raging debate over gay rights.
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Charles Taylor's last bid to fight war crimes charges
Lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor have asked a UN-backed war crimes court for permission to reopen their defence case.
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Sirleaf takes presidential oath in disputed polls
Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been sworn in during a lavish ceremony and called for reconciliation after her re-election in disputed polls.
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Johnson-Sirleaf wants more female world leaders
Liberia's President and Africa's first female head of state, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has said that she was eager to see a woman in the White House.
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Liberia's women still stalked by rape
Despite boasting Africa's first female president and a Nobel prize for women's rights, Liberia's women are still vulnerable to the threat of rape.
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Sirleaf appoints nun to investigate election violence
Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has appointed a nun to probe a pre-poll shooting incident as results are set to confirm her divisive re-election.
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