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BACK TO AFRICA New Liberian leader's roots traced to Trinidad Stories by Kim Johnson Sunday Express Section 2 September 7, 1997 Charles Taylor, the Liberian guerrilla leader, was recently voted in as president. The little-known truth is that his father was born and grew up in Point Fortin, Trinidad. So many times over the last seven years Everest St. Louis would tease his wife, Jane, about her ...

The UN and Understanding Taylor's Liberia By Tom Kamara Jan 2, 2001 The recent UN Panel of Experts Report on Diamonds and Arms in Sierra Leone has fostered some fundamental understanding of the forces enhancing the current wave of destabilization and poverty in West Africa. The Report paints a gloomy picture of West Africa's future without a concerted global stance against free wheeling ...