Charles Taylor: The Rise and Fall of Liberia's Warlord

On Christmas Eve in 1989 a band of more than 150 insurgents crossed the border into northern Liberia from Côte d’Ivoire. They were members of a newly formed group, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), headed by a Liberian exile, Charles Taylor.
These attacks, which launched a campaign to oust the dictatorship of President Samuel Doe, effectively triggered a war that brought the almost complete destruction of Africa's oldest republic.
Charles Taylor, their leader, was a relatively obscure figure at the time, but he was to become West Africa’s most notorious warlord. He had the singular honor of starting a bloody civil war on Christmas Eve 1989 and subsequently winning both the presidential and parliamentary vote in an election declared free and fair by the international community.
His story involves power, conflict, and a legacy that has had an indelible impact not just on Liberia, but on the entire West African region.
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[@AmaAidoo-ts8ws]

What Americo Liberian people did to the natives is truly scary. The same people who were once enslaved decided to become masters to their brothers and sisters in their own country . Glad you touched on that subjects it doesn’t get enough attention!!!

[@AmaAidoo-ts8ws]

@@WarsConflicts you sound like Europeans who try to justify slavery. They too state “slaves developed skills that could be used of personal benefit “. Thread lightly ….

[@aliben6563]

Shows you how wicked human heart can be , slaves

[@johnboyy2540]

What do you expect, as an American I have found that to many of my fellow Americans believe that they are superior too others. I have also found that they don't respect and value other's culture. When someone is oppress, look down on, and feel inferior, they are most likely to treat others the same as they were treated.

[@737captain4]

Am baffled !😢 It seems we Africans are our own worst enemy

[@augustineopoku7046]

​@@couproducwheres the lie in the comment,didnt the americo-liberians oppress the native liberians?

[@ralphsherman9901]

It is very troubling that prince Johnson went on to be a senator in Liberia after his time as a war lord. He’s currently with an estimated 10 million dollars and Taylor’s ex wife went on to be a senator then Vice President of Liberia. She’s also worth a few million dollars. As a young Liberian man I’m tired of seeing it country suffer at the hands of these people. Enough is enough they need to step aside n let the new generation make the country better. Great content and I love your channel.

[@tallymedic]

After reading your comment I couldn’t believe it and had to see for myself! i can’t believe he in particular got away with no consequences - he broadcasted himself drinking beer whilst his men tortured the former president. Add that to the warlordism and he just got away with it? that’s so disheartening

[@millionairemaine8901]

May your generation be the change that brings Liberia to see it's fullest potential.

[@MrInterestingthings]

United Nations all of Europe needs to stand up and help stability . The many nations cheating themselves , plundering like white Europeans did for centuries ! Human beings just ain't no good on their own .@@tallymedic

[@MegaLadylove2012]

You guys speak with little understanding. If you saw the number of murders Doe and his men committed against the people of Nimba county than you would understand why Prince Johnson is hail as a hero. For Prince Johnson primary goal was to rescue his ppl from the unlawful killings of President Doe and his men. Doe ordered the massacre of innocent women, children and men at the Lutheran church in the 1980’s. This massacre remains one of the darkest times in Liberia’s history. And the men who was in charge of the killings still runs free in Liberia. Prince Johnson is seen as a monster bc of very little understanding ppl have of the Liberian history and to be Frank, we should thank him for saving Liberia, althou brutal but truly. And even recently from the hands of jorweah and his hands of thugs leadership. So you can’t speak of prince Johnson without talking about the brutal history of president doe. President doe was a straight killer of innocent people. Frankly, he is the reason Liberia is the way it is today bc he killed all the educated folks outta pure hate and left us with an incompetent incumbent leaders we have today. Prince Johnson also saved thousands of lives by taking over the Freeport from rebels and bringing food bk to Liberia but many wouldn’t speak about this since they deem him a monster. When he got to Monrovia, there was no cats, dogs or even flies left bc the ppl had eaten it all and were at the beak of starvation. Prince Johnson also had straight policy for his men. If you rape, he killed you. If you enter somebody’s house that’s not yours, he will deal with you. But if the men leaves his control and go out and commit any crime, ppl will say thts prince Johnson men. Jorweah ordered a lot of secret killings of govt officials wouldn’t do wat he wanted. So many Ppl have gone missing under jorweah but who end it, same prince Johnson. Jorweah also financially supported Charles Taylor’s lord rebels during the war but Thts not the conversation your are willing to have. So u can’t speak of prince Johnson like he’s s monster bc you do not know your history. The real monsters are lurking right in yours faces but you guys hailed them as hero

[@abdullahimohammed8166]

@megaladylove, Could you please elaborate on what Weah had to do with the the civil war. Also the assertion that Prince Johnson was a hero is actually actually dependent on who you speak to, although majority of people from his Nimba praise him to killing Doe, the Liberian truth and reconciliation committee actually recommended him for prosecution, having been found to have committed war crimes.

[@ladylorp2738]

As a Liberian thank you for covering my country story. This war led my family to Ghana n then to the United States so my childhood was basically stolen from me thanks to him n his warlords

[@ladylorp2738]

@@couproduc definitely indigenous n no I currently live in the U.S

[@ladylorp2738]

@@couproduc you most likely do. I left Liberia at 8 years old so I won’t argue that but I’ve taken it upon myself to learn as I go n in learning.

[@augustineopoku7046]

​@@couproducblack americans always want to shove stuff down everyones throat,your comment shows so much bitternes.

[@ladylorp2738]

@@DONNELLO I wouldn’t say better but the peace is there and has been stable for a while. We still have a long way to go but definitely peaceful n other things can be worked on.

[@eugenebruno1481]

As a Ghanaian, I grew up in a time when Doe n Taylor were in power and never experienced non of that even though ghana was itself under a dictatorship. I'm happy ghana helped the Liberians n people from Sierra Leone.

[@SCA440]

As a teacher of History, I appreciate your videos to expand mine and my students knowledge about Africa!

[@Arnaukei]

It tells you that cruelty has no colour, shape, form, or odour. It's in the heart of those nurturing evil… The black man is not better than the white man and vice versa. Let's learn how to see people for who they are and not for who they seem to be.

[@rootigaroot9922]

Every group has done every bad thing imaginable, to themselves and everyone else at some point in history

[@reddot_22]

Bruh. In latin america latinos do the worse tortures to other latinos. Same thing.

[@abdouramanediallo5068]

Deep

[@orboakin8074]

God bless you for this comment, friend. More of us in Africa need to understand this.

[@reddot_22]

Im not from Africa but one thing is sure, people from first world countries regardless their race have much more advantage than us people from third world countries...

[@BakrSackor]

My mothers father was Edward Komo Sackor, the Minister of Internal Affairs for Liberia and was assassinated by an opposing political group due to the war, my mothers family had to flee the country and met with my father in another neighboring country prior to escaping to America when I was 4, she went back and forth between enemy lines during the war multiple times just to communicate with her family and almost ended up killed at one point due to a classmate recognizing her in public and screaming out her name just for a rebel soldier to hear it being shouted and immediately searching for who said it. Luckily for her another rebel soldier who was his superior actually recognized her due to her father helping him in the past and immediately said "Do you think Edward Komo's Daughter would be found here? You probably misheard" and left with him promptly before she was found out and killed. This war was honestly truly horrible and goes to show that racism and ethnic cleansing goes way beyond just the color of skin, it's just a byproduct of humans most disgusting urge which is having a sense of superiority over another group. A lot of people in this comment section can unfortunately relate to the impact of displacement due to war.

[@mett978]

Thank God your mother made it out ❤ My mum was studying in the UK at the time and heard that a war was imminent. My dad like most in Monrovia, was so confident that the rebels wouldn't make it into the capital, but they did. My grandmother took me and my younger brother to Ghana before this, but my father wasn't prepared to leave and he kept my older brother with him. The two of them almost died along with my other relatives. They dodged bullets at the port getting onto the boat to Ghana and barely made it out alive. We all managed to get to London, but looking back I understand now why my older brother was the way he was - trauma from what he saw and still remembers to this day 💔 it was a dirty war. I remembered my mum used to cry a lot. She lost so many friends and family and the resentment of what my brother endured broke my parents up. My dad can't eat meat because of what he saw during the war

[@BakrSackor]

@@mett978 Thankfully your family made it out too, and honestly something that I never thought about is how the majority of Liberians i've met in America are probably here for the same reasons I am in the US, which is really upsetting. I love Liberia but honestly the politics and lack of law enforcement/corruption in law enforcement really is the biggest factor of me not wanting to step foot back there, even though America isn't any better off at least I don't have to fear both the citizens and the government or a random ethnic cleansing because 1 member of a group did something that another group can use to justify targeting them.

[@mett978]

@@BakrSackor thank you. Yeah, no one wants to leave their home, but don't let it discourage you. My dad has never gone back since and refuses to do so, but my mum does often - as recently as a few weeks ago and things are really improving. It's still hard, but getting better ❤️

[@veriteinternational]

You are a wise young man. Your thoughts and words carry weight and power. The thirst for power leads men and women to commit atrocities. I went to Ghana once and remember there was a Liberian camp - Buduburam nearby. You will find many migrants in the West who originally came due to war displacement. I am sure you know who funded Charles Taylor so you will see that things come full circle. People are pawns when it comes to the endgame.

[@ZIXI357]

😢 sorry 😞 to hear that. Sorry for your lost.

[@adolphustaylor2898]

As a Liberian, I can say that this video is well detailed! Good work as usual 👏🏾.

[@scottshorten9962]

hello,i find some of the Generals scary as hell,especially generalButtNaked,did you ever have any dealings with him,i believe he fought for Samual Doe right?

[@adolphustaylor2898]

@@scottshorten9962 I wasn’t born during his time, I was born during the second Liberian civil war and even as that, I was a baby, I did managed to hear stories about him tho. He’s now a born again and an evangelist.

[@raheemabriggs]

It’s fair to say The US Government definitely assisted Charles Taylor; from his “escape” from prison to his so called election being “free and fair”. Samuel Doe was no angel either. It’s also crazy what the Americo Liberians did to the indigenous Liberians given that they at least understood what disenfranchisement meant given what happened to them and ancestors in the USA 💔

[@slimfbiggyansah4295]

He was operative

[@bigsmoke4568]

Lol that doesn't make any sense. Samuel Doe (the guy he was fighting against) was also a pro-American leader. Why would the US support Charles when they already have a puppet of their own in the presidential seat?

[@hershelfowler6257]

"Firestone" needed that Liberian rubber, they paid him millions.

[@Gigi-fp8pd]

The indigenous Africans were slave traders as well so they got a taste of their own medicine.

[@Joshdyisdifh]

Seems they ditched him at the end. You can never be friends with the globalist west...

[@C4JG]

Great video as always, as an American who had only a brief overview over the entirety of modern African history this channel has been a great way to expand my knowledge about the world.

[@AfricanBiographics]

Thank you

[@ageruedafe2180]

​@@AfricanBiographicsit will be very nice if we see the documentary of atrocity barbaric low-life of King Leopold in Africa

[@fistingendakenny8781]

Im irish, we have many africans here, hearing this story makes me feel secure in theyre needs for a stable country like ireland where you can get an education and return home and teach what you learned

[@liamsparks-oneill2735]

Not saying Africans shouldn’t come to Ireland, but assuming all of Africa is unstable all the time based on one video you saw in one country is just a tad prejudicial eh? There are a number of stable and growing African countries which AB even does videos about. Part of the problem is actually brain drain, European neo-colonial countries rip the best and brightest people from countries all over the global south, not in the same way they once did, but still turn around in shock when many of these countries destabilize again. Similar story with resources. Africa is still being actively pillaged by multinational corporations and European and North American powers, it’s just no one sees the paint on the map. Also someone shouldn’t *need* to come from a war torn place to come to Ireland, sometimes human beings just want to live in different places and we can’t fault our brothers and sisters for that.

[@wjameszzz186]

@@liamsparks-oneill2735 It is not prejudice, It's racism, plain and simple. The word "prejudice" might make racists more comfortable but we shouldn't really pander to them.

[@sandmors7998]

Haha lol 😂 Ireland is far from being a stable country. Those Africans there just want to be around white people. There's no need for Africans to leave Africa. Yes there are problems with distribution of wealth but Africa has many great institutions of higher education, great authors, doctors, educators engineering, architect and others have come straight from the cradle of civilization also called the motherland and still reside there! The love for white people is the only reason why Africans want to be in these European countries. Don't believe everything you read and hear! Also it sounds as if you have a false sense of superiority going on.

[@leftlanetankeryanker8596]

Ireland ain't about shit

[@danielmark6779]

Wow! A million votes of thanks and congratulations! You have shown extraordinary diligence and integrity in your preparatory research in producing this very richly informative video! Despite having read tons of things on this demon incarnate, Charles Taylor, I actually learned a considerable amount about a character of such monstrous notoriety. Please continue this excellent enterprise of educating and enlightening us.

[@melo5303]

Born in Nigeria in 1994 . Charles Taylor was a name that I always heard about in my childhood. It came with thrill , interest , fear, greatness . Many things. Interesting guy. This Charles Taylor

[@valentinapasera1797]

As a child growing up in Ghana, we called fire ants “Charles Taylor” because of how stubborn nd deadly they were

[@aisatourydiallo465]

lolll

[@prof.nicollas519]

It was a pretty heavy and harsh video to watch my friend! So many complex details and you did it in a astonishing ways! Congrats for this material to eternity!

[@jewelsbyk]

Thanks for this well researched documentary. I’m a Liberian and was born during the civil war. I learned a lot from this video

[@Dixonmcdixon]

How was life growing up in Liberia? Did you get quality education?

[@jewelsbyk]

@@Dixonmcdixon Yes I did. Most people who grew up in Monrovia still had the chance to go to school. We would only stay at home sometimes for a week or two when there were threats of attacks on the Capital. However, people who lived in rural Liberia didn’t have this opportunity. Many of them were displaced.

[@Dixonmcdixon]

@@jewelsbyk must have been scary and awful as a child. I watched the war on KZbin and I almost cried watching kids with guns murdering their fellow citizens mercilessly

[@jewelsbyk]

Because of one man’s over ambitions and wickedness an entire nation suffers and is destroyed. Till now Liberia is still on the path of recovery. After years of civil war and destruction. Some people are the devil himself.

[@ZIXI357]

I agree 👍, very 😈 evil.

[@ZIXI357]

Very evil 😈 , I agreed 👍.

[@danielngubane7518]

A great microcosm of the story of most africa's democracies. A political elite who views aren't too different from our former colonizers and a majority who is oppressed. Like we say in South africa apartheid didnt end,it just changed skin tones.

[@rootigaroot9922]

The uncomfortable reality to most, that people are naturally evil

[@cantsay2205]

exactly. Skin color doesn't dictate morality, but so many people fail to understand that. Something something, judge people by their character and not their skin color.

[@mikestone9129]

Once again your in depth research into Charles Taylor is nothing but spectacular. I'm amazed at how you obtain so much information. Well done sir.

[@nectanbo]

Thank you for your hard work and diligent research - from a North African viewer 🇪🇬👍🏼💪🏼

[@patkawesa7046]

Charles Taylor's son Charles Taylor junior is serving a life sentence in a Florida penitentiary correctional facility. They say junior was a brute, like father like son.

[@fauxgars736]

He was a US operative with a mission to disrupt and destroy Liberia.

[@billyyank5807]

Right. I'm sure the U.S. supplied the saw blade and bed sheets to escape 7 floors from jail.....right? 😂🤣🤣😭

[@millionairemaine8901]

This was thorough, balanced and very educational. Many thanks!

[@EpicgamerwinXD6669]

I just want to say that, while I was always a fan of your work, now that Simon has left Biographics, this channel now has objectively better content than the original Biographics does! Congratulations man, keep up the great work, and I hope that one day African Biographics passes up Biographics in Subscribers because you definitely deserve it!

[@AfricanBiographics]

Oh Wow!! Thank you for your kinds words

[@johnbradbury8610]

Someone doesn't like white people

[@emmanuelblavo3915]

Oh wow! A fellow fan of Simon Whistler. it's a shame he never covered more African characters on his channel, but I guess we need an African to better represent and tell our story.

[@cantsay2205]

@@emmanuelblavo3915 I think people would see him doing that in a bad way purely because of his complexion.

[@emmanuelblavo3915]

@@cantsay2205 yes that's a good point. As unfortunate as it is

[@blackorcking]

You do great work and i have learned a lot from your videos and hope to see them keep coming

[@vobLr]

I am a Liberian. This is exceptionally accurate, Thanks for the good job.

[@KADASUVA]

I’ve never had much knowledge of the history of the African nations, your channel has been amazingly informative and I’ve been binging all your videos.

[@jeffersonawah5929]

Great channel, thank you for enlightening us.

[@abcduvwxyz9220]

Another great masterpiece. Could you please upload President Doe's TV interviews? Have looked up and can't seem to get any

[@that_bloke_kiri]

having watched the 2014 beasts of no nation, (highly recommended for those who are yet to), i saw Taylor in Idris Elbas character, brutality per excellence, damn... sending greetings and best wishes to my Liberian brothers and sisters from Kenya

[@teddydog6229]

Thank you so much sir ! I am sure I am not alone among your viewers who have wanted to see your documentary about this man for a very long time !

[@teddydog6229]

I live just about five miles from Bentley College in Waltham. Maybe it’s unkind but me and my friends have been calling it ‘Charles Taylor U’ for many years now.

[@teddydog6229]

Prince Johnson is certainly proof that just because a man has a wonderful smile it does not necessarily follow he is a nice man.

[@oracool6129]

I loooooove your channel. Please keep up the amazing work you are doing ❤.

[@alkalidaggash3419]

Am a Nigerian , kudos to this video

[@mitchtheronin1469]

Are you an oyo?

[@doc2746]

😂😂😂😂

[@thae5618]

Well Researched👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@tacrewgirl]

Thanks for this history lesson. Like your other videos, it's well done and shows the intricacies of multiple players involved. There are layers.

[@Kof_Believer]

Wow! Great documentary

[@johnboyy2540]

Absolutely informative content, great great work. Thanks for giving knowledge on African leaders heads of states.

[@jemilaiddrisu5124]

What are you talking? These folks are Liberians and they destroyed their country. They are not the head of state of Africa. Africa is a continent and we are different people Periodt

[@rooseveltdarbey9493]

I was in Liberia when Charles Taylor invaded Liberia in 1989. When those rebels got to Monrovia they had us come out of my uncle's house with our hands up. Also I was there when Samuel doe was killed, everyone was celebrating in the streets.

[@almol1682]

Wow!!! What happened after they got you out of the house?

[@thepipedreamer89]

Good documentary!

[@imaniwork6439]

Good work 👍

[@haosesnadia6783]

Love your videos

[@Jasmine-mj4kf]

Charles Taylor had a HAND in the Distraction of Sierra Leone with a war that lasted a whole decade

[@unokjs7843]

Absolutely fantastic video. Please do Foday Sankoh next.

[@ogbonnagerrardgeorge45]

He has done it before now check for it

[@unokjs7843]

Thank you my brother

[@luckyjames2530]

Very good reportage

[@jonathankamei1154]

Well done 👏 I appreciate your courage.

[@hotstepper887]

More great work here, excellent presentation of the facts.

[@haddingtoniangcp2464]

Love this video. Never knew Taylor wasn't an outright soldier from the gate.

[@thandomvimbi1558]

I remember watching president Doe's ear being cut live on tv during the coup by Prince Johnson

[@GenericUserNameHere]

While Prince Johnson sipped a beer if I remember right.

[@000afroman]

.....and he's serving senator. Liberian don't love that country intact half of the law makers and senators are all warlords

[@playa1253]

Great Video 👍🏾 Can you please do Mobutu next please 🙏🏾

[@ogbonnagerrardgeorge45]

Yes he done it before but it too short

[@FortuneZer0]

Thanks

[@joemcfatter1170]

Great narrative of the history!

[@rexygodwin9803]

Great job 👏

[@Halfom]

‘He killed my ma, he killed my pa but I will vote for him…’. Now he is serving 50 yrs prison for aiding and abetting RUF war crimes.

[@danielfumi1376]

Memories are good when you don't have to deal with the past 😢.... bloody bloody 😔 in Monrovia 😢

[@mett978]

My brother still remembers things that happened. I was too young and thankfully taken out of the country before then. It was a truly dirty war

[@UchennaKennethOSUJI]

The situation of charles Taylor crazy..Charles Taylor had a second chance in Nigeria but messed it up.. It was George bush that forced Obasanjo to repartriate Charles Taylor...Obasanjos hands were ties

[@juliusyamoah7213]

Pure detailing

[@tallymedic]

Thanks for this video, really well explained! Looks like sadly his warlord profiteering off conflict diamonds and resources like timber is something that’s now all over the continent. The people of Congo in particular are really suffering from conflict coltan mining and various regional powers trying to control the resources for themselves.

[@cypriantertullian7495]

The only regional suspect trying to profit from the Congo is allegedly Rwanda. Maybe even Uganda, but the DRC keeps pointing a finger at Kagame's Rwanda as the sole looter of their resources. But then again, the DRC is like a carcass attracting all kinds of vultures, criminal syndicates, mainly from Western countries, who come in to loot, pillage, maraud, steal, rob, the DRC's resources.

[@Logos_Black]

Man.... Liberia was a mess from the Start. Mostly biracials going back to a place with current slave trading. Hell no of coarse there were problems. Them Americos never became pro black like us in the 1930s. Still Liberia has to build itself, look at Rwanda

[@justicetavershimaaondoakaa8819]

I love this video.

[@Bourne-fu8bz]

West Africa in general is a hotspot for instability, militia groups and coups, just like Central Africa (DRC Congo, CAR, Burundi) and the Horn of Africa ( Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia). Americo Liberians constituted only 1% of the population in Liberia, yet they had the upper hand because they were more educated and smart just like the western colonizers. The poor and uneducated are always going to be exploited. Charles Taylor came from a well off and educated background, attended prestigious institutions and was a teacher by profession. He exploited this to the max to gather support from an illiterate population, procure arms from partners, build a loyal militia and make $250 million from diamond mining. His motivation was money, not conflict or good governance. He wouldn't go the militia route if he hadn't been replaced from his lucrative procurement position in the Samuel Doe government.

[@alexciocca4451]

What library did he work at? Some of them are pretty nice

[@kudzaitandi5550]

Quality as usual, munogona baba!

[@ThorParker]

18:58 goes from flawless American accent and then 10 seconds later to an African accent. He’s got some good training.

[@Sam_the_Sham_and_the_Pharoahs]

Trying to wrap my head around the fact that there's probably a person out there who can say "yeah I had Charles Taylor as a teacher, and later as a warlord". Imagine if one of your former teachers did the kind of things this "man" did. Sorry, I just felt like man needed quotations there, as he doesn't technically meet my definition of the word.

[@kreationkaze]

Thanks for continuing to plug the gap in quality content on African figures in English. In the uk we learn nothing about these figures.

[@JusJabaliAfrika]

very informative video ,the part i'm puzzled is the detention centre escape in the states, it's not easy to escape from prison or detention in the states and to cross an ocean away back to Liberia without getting caught is a heck of a job, how did he sneak in a hack saw blade and cut the iron bars without getting noticed by guards on duty?i totally believe it was part of the plan to use him,America had a bigger plan with Charles Taylor to get into Liberia. since 2003 America did support Liberia with foreign aid, at least $2.4 billion for Liberia's post-war stabilization and development, this monies are not for free.western governments are the master minds behind most coups and destabilisation you see in Afrika since time,using aid as a yard stick to control Africans.Rise Afrika!

[@eugenebruno1481]

My question again is, what did Charles Taylor do for Liberia after he overthrew doe? Both were useless.

[@Lilben24]

Bro thank for this historical message 🙏🏿🙏🏿you are actually a brian

[@elliottcole3972]

Great video. Really enjoyed it. Have you seen the film, "Lord of War?" There is a character in the film, who allegedly, may (or may not) be based on Charles Taylor. I am sure only a coincidence and not real though.

[@ChairmanMo]

It is a tongue and cheek reference...."The call me a Lord of War, but you Mr. Yuri are truly the Lord of War.". "Nothing can stop this bath of blood...."

[@Edwardscissor]

I traveled through there in 98 also Sierra Leone. I met many locals who told me of the atrocities. I had no problem there even though it was still a very unstable region. I suppose i wanted to test my adventurous side as i saw only one other foreigner through the two countries

[@AncientInsights1]

Interesting story of Taylor... He ran to Nigeria and was staying my town, Calabar, Cross River, until he tried to escape to Cameroon when the ICC wanted him.

[@FamataBrown]

That’s a lie. He didn’t try to escape. He was visiting the president of Chad and he discussed that with obasanjo, even though obasanjo lied on him.

[@Godlover738]

Justice should be done for us. This money to be buried into the sea because he destroyed billions of Liberian's future, but God did not destroy our future. In our life, he's not supposed to be existing. We need Justice for Libya.

[@AII118Duk3]

“International community” : ((US shadow government))

[@male272]

He makes some very popular shoes though.

[@ryanvelez6367]

My only question is why didn’t Charles Taylor flee to Libya after his overthrow. Since Gaddafi was pretty close with Taylor & would be less likely to return him to Liberia

[@bayokoebi9351]

My late father was in Liberia he was in the nigerian army who served under the ecomog, he have about 3 children there

[@sentinal2343]

Americo Liberian , Indigenous Liberian is Hilarious as BOTH are exactly the SAME people! so upon returning they smply took up where them and YOU left off, truely hilarious!

[@ogbonnagerrardgeorge45]

Though i was nick name after his visit to my country 🇳🇬 , he was a real warlord in Liberia

[@erichall465]

Anyone's here from Liberia? I am. Ironically, people(Liberians)still want Taylor back.

[@niuanconquistador422]

Why

[@AmaAidoo-ts8ws]

Liberians never ceases to shock me! 😅

[@masechabamdaka785]

You are right. I’m aware of this too. So much so that a man like Prince Johnson, another warlord who has a damaging legacy on his role in the civil war is currently running in the upcoming election on 10 October 2023. I’m currently in Nimba County part of a body covering election observation here

[@raheemabriggs]

It’s sad that Africans are always left the choice to always want to go back to leaders who put us in the mess we’re in, because most successive presidents are usually more corrupt than their predecessor 😢

[@erichall465]

@raheemabriggs sadly, this is how it is.

[@YanayBoayue]

the picture at 2:06 comes from Dahomey

[@mutemiz]

Guy was a warlord with office. dang

[@staceyadams2272]

Why loot and kill of your own people Charles?! Why....

[@scottym6680]

This is the real Andy from Lord of War.

[@ThruthHarsh]

Who lives in Liberia and know about the people that participated in the war? I really have some questions and looking for some answers.

[@000afroman]

Me

[@jewelsbyk]

Some are still here in Liberia

[@wakandajam]

at the end of all those killings what has that done for liberia and liberians charles sometimes God create some very Useless people just to bring pains and suffering unto others with no real gain at the end of it all

[@mrsir2254]

😅 Simon's newest channel is nice.

[@bigname1902]

He still alive?

[@alanleemaxwell831]

Americo Liberians became oppressors? It seems that the hypocrisy of humanity knows no bounds! My Grandfather was born in Zanzibar but settled in the UK, and I realised that I know very little about the continent of his, and my family's birth. Thank you for providing me with some much needed education 🙏🇬🇧❤️

[@DT-jh4bi]

Everything has an end

[@Tinah1450]

If Zimbabwe can have a Charles Taylor with Sankara ideas independence will be coming

[@mett978]

You don't want a Charles Taylor

[@apolloomondo8173]

He took over a country with just 150 rebels...

[@mett978]

This is why many in Monrovia didn't think he would make it into the Capital and a lot stayed behind when they could have left... My father included

[@DavidNdara]

The weirdness in me misses that my country Kenya has not had a major civil war like our West African counterparts. This history is eventful and interesting

[@6paths142]

Can’t wait for when Taylor gets to reunite with his boy Sankoh😒

[@trentavius626]

My only knowledge of Liberia is from that vice new documentary thanks for this more politically focused vid

[@christiansimon3749]

Taylor was an American plant

[@techbit7607]

He was a model student and immigrant in the USA but a monster in Africa.

[@bayokoebi9351]

It may take a century for Liberia to make full recovery from the war not because of anything but because they don't have serious positive leaders

[@rinzo2009]

It's been a while since this channel reported on a dictator getting his comeuppance.

[@jameswalker3380]

Charles Taylor was let out of prison. He did not escape.

[@mpumelelobeyers957]

The fact that white man would rather NOT give his former slaves citizenship, 500 acres and a Mule, Tells you everything you need to know about the USA/white folk.

[@black-hunter.]

The fact that non-whites lack guilt for causing the most problems in the world speaks volume.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

They gave them a whole country !! Was that not enough. ? Mobuto , Taylor , Mugabe , Rankin killed more Africans than the Whites did !! And stole millions from their own people. ! Open your eyes and use your brain please ??

[@georgesamkutty686]

His real name is Prince Charles tailor ?