People in Sierra Leone are awaiting the verdict of former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s war crimes trial, 10 years on from the end of the civil war.

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VIDEO: Lasting scars of S Leone conflict

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, the Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and the Yemeni journalist Tawakkol Karman were honored.

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Sirleaf, Gbowee and Karman Accept Nobel Peace Prizes

Charles Taylor and his lawyer fail to turn up in court on the second day of closing arguments in the Liberian ex-leader’s war crimes trial.

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Taylor fails to go to Hague court

A lawyer for Liberian ex-President Charles Taylor has walked out of court during the closing stages of the former leader’s war crimes trial in The Hague.

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VIDEO: Taylor’s lawyer walks out of court

Former Liberian warlord Prince Johnson defends his decision to run in presidential elections, saying military leaders have become leaders in other countries.

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Liberia ex-warlord in leader race

The attorney for former Liberian President Charles Taylor accused the former agent for supermodel Naomi Campbell of lying in her testimony at an international court Tuesday.

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Ex-Campbell agent accused of lies

Mia Farrow took the stand at the war-crimes trial of Charles Taylor in The Hague Monday, testifying that Naomi Campbell told her in September 1997 that she had been given a “huge diamond” by the Liberian despot at the time. That contradicts Campbell’s…

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Mia Farrow Contradicts Naomi Campbell