Liberian President Charles Taylor and rebels fighting his regime since 1999 will meet face to face for the first time from Wednesday in Ghana to try and end a festering war that has spread chaos in west Africa. The three-day parleys under the aegis of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) and a United Nations-backed contact group on Liberia are being touted by the organisers as a make-or-break chance for peace.