The Security Council warned Liberia’s ousted president, Charles Taylor, on Thursday against trying to keep running the war-battered West African country from exile in Nigeria. "We think that his activities need to be curbed so that he does not remain in political contact with his former supporters," said US Ambassador John Negroponte, the Security Council president for October. "So I think it’s very important that he observes the terms of his having left Liberia and that he respects the commitment that he undertook not to pursue political activities from outside the country," Negroponte told reporters.
| On the other hand, his violation of the terms gives the Nigerians the excuse to ship his ass to Sierra Leone, and the rest of him with it... |
A Council statement, issued after a closed-door briefing on the situation in Liberia, "expressed concern that former President Charles Taylor is still attempting to influence events in Liberia and noted that any interference from Taylor could threaten the carefully constructed peace agreement in that country."
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