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Charles Taylor is also said to have been the husband or partner to Agnes Reeves Taylor. [87] Agnes and Charles met when Taylor was head of the General Services Agency in the mid-1980s during the regime of former President Samuel Kanyon Doe. [88] According to Trial international, Charles Taylor and Agnes Reeves Taylor married in Ghana in 1986. [89]
The Small Boys Unit (SBU) was a group of children who were forcibly recruited by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) as militants during the Sierra Leone Civil War.The war began in 1991, when the RUF desired to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond mines, a major source of revenue for the country.
Charles Henry James Taylor [1] (1857–1899), was an American journalist, editor, lawyer, orator, and political organizer. An early supporter of Democratic President Grover Cleveland , he was appointed Minister to Liberia during Cleveland's first presidential term.
The military aspects of NPFL were led by Charles Taylor, who instructed the NPFL to take up arms against the regime of Samuel Doe on 24 December 1989. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 16 January 2006 – 22 January 2018, was the International Coordinator of the NPFL and helped raise money for the rebel group.
The First Liberian Civil War was the first of two civil wars within the West African nation of Liberia which lasted between 1989 and 1997. President Samuel Doe's regime of totalitarianism and widespread corruption led to calls for withdrawal of the support of the United States, by the late 1980s. [2]
Taylor says endorsement shows 'momentum' Tassell said he and Taylor were the top two vote-getters who advanced to a second round of voting where Taylor won the endorsement at about 2 a.m. Tuesday.
Charles F. Taylor or Rick Taylor (born 1941), American college football coach and athletic director Charley Taylor (1941–2022), American professional football wide receiver Charlie Taylor (American football) (1920–1977), American professional football lineman
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