Former Liberian president arrives at his homeland

    MONROVIA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, arrested in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday morning 24 hours after his escape, arrived at his homeland, where UN peacekeepers were waiting to arrest him on charges of war crimes. <<Full Story

Former Liberian president on way to homeland

    LAGOS, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has left Nigeria and is being flown home to Liberia by a Nigerian presidential jet on Wednesday. <<Full Story

Liberia's Taylor arrested, awaiting possible handover

File photo of Charles Taylor (Xinhua/AFP)

    LAGOS, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who disappeared from his residence in the country's southeast one day ago, has been detained and likely be expelled soon, a Nigerian police spokesman said on Wednesday. <<Full Story

Nigeria police confirm Liberia's Taylor detained

    LAGOS, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian police have confirmed to Xinhua on Wednesday that former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been detained. <<Full Story

Liberia's Taylor disappears after asylum termination

    LAGOS, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, wanted for war crimes by a UN-backed court, has "disappeared" from his residence in Nigeria which terminated his asylum three days ago, the Nigerian government said on Tuesday. <<Full Story

Taylor's disappearance puts west Africa on alert

    LAGOS, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The UN-backed special court in Sierra Leone said on Tuesday the disappearance of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor put the whole west Africa on the highest alert and urged regional leaders to take all necessary steps to locate him. <<Full Story