Charles Taylor waves to recruits on May 28, 1990 after seizing the port of Buchanan, 200 kms (120 miles) from the capital Monrovia. NPFl rebels were getting close to Monrovia in an attempt to overthrow Liberian President Samuel Doe. The civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2001, unleashed by rebels from the notorious Revolutionary United Front (RUF), was one of the most atrocious in Africa's recent history, leaving 120,000 dead and thousands of civilians mutilated. AFP PHOTO PASCAL GUYOT