Charles Taylor and the NPFL militia

The warlord Charles Taylor holds his AK-47 assault rifle in Buchanan on May 29 1990 as he marches to the capital, Monrovia, to oust President Samuel Doe following a five-month insurgency Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP

A masked rebel loyal to the warlord Charles Taylor holds a machinegun in Monrovia on August 11 1990 Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP

A National Patriotic Front of Liberia rebel fires on a student after a roadside interrogation east of Monrovia in June 1990. He was suspected to have been a member of the rival Krahn ethnic group Photograph: AFP

A woman and her child lie on the ground in Monrovia after being killed in fighting between the National Patriotic Front of Liberia and the Armed Forces of Liberia Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP

A National Patriotic Front of Liberia militiaman kills an injured fighter from the rival Krahn ethnic group in Monrovia in May 1996 Photograph: AFP

A National Patriotic Front of Liberia fighter patrols in the border village of Buchanan-Tapeta in April 1990 Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP

A National Patriotic Front of Liberia militiaman steps on the headless body of a Krahn fighter in Monrovia on May 7 1996 Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP

A rebel loyal to Charles Taylor, dressed in traditional outfit, patrols in Paynesville in July 1990 Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP

National Patriotic Front of Liberia fighters drag a captured and stripped rival Krahn fighter towards the front line in Monrovia on May 5 1996 before shooting him Photograph: AFP

A National Patriotic Front of Liberia fighter holds a machinegun as he patrols the border village of Logatuo on April 30 1990 Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP

Liberian militiamen loyal to Charles Taylor execute a rival Krahn fighter on May 8 1996, shooting him in the back after stripping him of his clothes Photograph: AFP

A rebel loyal to Charles Taylor patrols in Paynesville during the fighting with the Armed Forces of Liberia, loyal to president Samuel Doe, in 1990 Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP

National Patriotic Front of Liberia militiamen are seen on a street in Monrovia in May 1996 as rival militias renewed efforts to increase their areas of control in the capital Photograph: AFP

A child soldier wearing a teddy bear backpack points his gun at a photographer in Monrovia after Charles Taylor's forces took control of the city in June 2003 Photograph: Georges Gobet/AFP

Charles Taylor speaks to troops in Roberts Field on July 21 1990 Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP