Charles Taylor and the NPFL militia

Images from Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war, during which the former president, Charles Taylor, is accused of orchestrating war crimes committed by militias. Warning: Some of the pictures are graphic, including images of death and violence.

  • The warlord Charles Taylor holds his AK-47 assault rifle in Buchanan on May 29 1990 as he marches to the capital, Monrovia, to oust President Samuel Doe following a five-month insurgency
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  • A masked rebel loyal to the warlord Charles Taylor holds a machinegun in Monrovia on August 11 1990
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  • A National Patriotic Front of Liberia rebel fires on a student after a roadside interrogation east of Monrovia in June 1990. He was suspected to have been a member of the rival Krahn ethnic group
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  • A woman and her child lie on the ground in Monrovia after being killed in fighting between the National Patriotic Front of Liberia and the Armed Forces of Liberia
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  • A National Patriotic Front of Liberia militiaman kills an injured fighter from the rival Krahn ethnic group in Monrovia in May 1996
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  • A National Patriotic Front of Liberia fighter patrols in the border village of Buchanan-Tapeta in April 1990
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  • A National Patriotic Front of Liberia militiaman steps on the headless body of a Krahn fighter in Monrovia on May 7 1996
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  • A rebel loyal to Charles Taylor, dressed in traditional outfit, patrols in Paynesville in July 1990
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  • National Patriotic Front of Liberia fighters drag a captured and stripped rival Krahn fighter towards the front line in Monrovia on May 5 1996 before shooting him
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  • A National Patriotic Front of Liberia fighter holds a machinegun as he patrols the border village of Logatuo on April 30 1990
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  • Liberian militiamen loyal to Charles Taylor execute a rival Krahn fighter on May 8 1996, shooting him in the back after stripping him of his clothes
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  • A rebel loyal to Charles Taylor patrols in Paynesville during the fighting with the Armed Forces of Liberia, loyal to president Samuel Doe, in 1990
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  • National Patriotic Front of Liberia militiamen are seen on a street in Monrovia in May 1996 as rival militias renewed efforts to increase their areas of control in the capital
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  • A child soldier wearing a teddy bear backpack points his gun at a photographer in Monrovia after Charles Taylor's forces took control of the city in June 2003
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  • Charles Taylor speaks to troops in Roberts Field on July 21 1990
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