Unix Timestamp: 1335398400
Thursday, April 26. 2012, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is found guilty on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Sierra Leone Civil War.

The Special Court for Sierra Leone at The Hague delivers its verdict in the trial of former President of Liberia Charles Taylor on charges of arming Sierra Leone's rebels in return for blood diamonds in the 1990s. He is convicted on charges related to aiding and abetting war crimes but acquitted of charges of ordering them. //www.france24.com/en/20120426-hague-court-verdict-liberia-charles-taylor-special-court-sierra-leone-rebels-blood-diamonds?ns_caign=editorialns_source=RSS_publicns_mchannel=RSSns_fee=ns_linkname=20120426_hague_court_verdict_liberia_charles_taylorutm_source=dlvr.itutm_medium (AFP via France 24) //www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17852488 (BBC)