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Charles Taylor jailed for 50 years

By David Ohito

Former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor  was sentenced to a 50-year-jail term for 11 counts war crimes, crimes against humanity and for violation of international humanitarian laws.Taylor was found guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the dark era of civil war that rocked neighbouring country of Sierra Leone.

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