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afrol News, 4 May - The Special Tribunal for Sierra Leone judges, have today rejected an application for acquittal by former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, ordering the trial to resume on 29 June.

Mr Taylor, who had made an acquittal pleas has now been ordered to resume his defense on war crimes charges that include murder, rape and other violence in the neighbouring Sierra Leone, during the reign of terror that gripped the country from 1991-2002.

More than 100,000 people were killed during the Sierra Leone war, fuelled by greed for illicit diamonds

Amongst evidence gathered against Mr Taylor, are allegations that he supported and armed rebels in Sierra Leone, who amongst others, recruited child soldiers to carry out the attrocities.

The 61 years old Mr Taylor, who was Liberia's president from 1997-2003, was arrested in Nigeria in 2006 where he was exiled.

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