Liberia's president, Charles Taylor, his wife, son and two ex-wives head a list of 130 people banned by the United Nations Security Council from travelling abroad. The travel embargo is part of a sanctions package that went into force last month to punish Liberia for fomenting war by allegedly supplying guns to rebels in Sierra Leone in exchange for diamonds. It includes an arms ban as well as an embargo on diamonds exported from Liberia, where Taylor is alleged to head the illegal operations...read more
Liberia's president, Charles Taylor, his wife, son and two ex-wives head a list of 130 people banned by the United Nations Security Council from travelling abroad. The travel embargo is part of a sanctions package that went into force last month to punish Liberia for fomenting war by allegedly supplying guns to rebels in Sierra Leone in exchange for diamonds. It includes an arms ban as well as an embargo on diamonds exported from Liberia, where Taylor is alleged to head the illegal operations. He and his government have denied this.