Charles Taylor
President

(pronounced "CHAR-els TAY-lor")

"In spite of the glaring and incontrovertible evidence of the horrors being perpetrated against the people of Liberia, the most powerful nations on Earth, who by their outright condemnation would give the terrorists and their supporters reasons to pause, have chosen to remain silent."

The Republic of Liberia is located on the Atlantic coast of the African continent and is bordered to the northwest by Sierra Leone, to the north by Guinea, and to the east by Côte d'Ivoire. It occupies a total area of 111,370 sq km (43,000 sq mi).

As of July 2002, Liberia was home to an estimated 3,288,198 people, however owing to civil war and continuing rebel insurgency, some 200,000 refugees and 130,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are away from their homes. Over 95% of the population is ethnically indigenous African, drawn from more than two dozen groups...