Liberia: Senator Jewel Howard-Taylor Announces Presidential Bid

When now imprisoned former Liberian President Charles Taylor was departing Liberia under extreme situations during the battle for control of Monrovia between his loyalists and fighters from the rebel group Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), he told Liberians few words -promising to return by the grace of God.

"God's willing, I will be back," Taylor said these words to his supporters as some form of comfort while other Liberians who were opting for his departure also still remember those words to date. Taylor eventually left for asylum in Calabar, Nigeria from where he was transferred to the United Nations backed International criminal Court for Sierra Leone before later going to The Hague in Netherlands to face trial for acts committed during the Sierra Leonean Civil war.

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