Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is in a detention centre in The Hague, facing 11 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Almost four years after Taylor was forced to flee ...

During Sierra Leone’s civil war, child combatants armed with pistols, rifles, and machetes actively participated in killings and massacres, severed the arms of other children, participated in ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CNN)-- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor appeared in court Monday at the resumption of his war crimes trial, six months after boycotting the opening session and ...

(CNN)-- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor expressed his incredulity at the testimony against him at his war crimes trial Tuesday, saying "there is no way" he is guilty of any of the charges.

There is probably no country with as dire a need for a strong human rights commission than war-torn Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone's eight year civil war has seen some of the most appalling human ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Augustine Gbao, right, was sentenced in 2009 to 25 years in prison for acts including ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A UN-backed special court in The Hague has rejected an appeal against war crimes ...

A new report by an anti-transnational crime group has identified the core chemical components of kush, a synthetic drug that has swept through Sierra Leone and the region in the past few years.