The South Africans, who are fond of Taylor and were among the first to accord him a Red Carpet welcome complete with pomp and pageantry befitting a conquering king after the warlord shot his way to power, have now declared Mrs. Mbaye Sankoh, Sankoh's Senegalese wife, persona non grata, giving her 24 hours to leave the country because of her pro-RUF propaganda. Her husband was welcomed in South Africa just recently. Mrs. Sankoh is being deported for repeating what the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Charles Taylor told world leaders. This is war. How can anyone determine who is guilty when both sides are killing, raping and mutilating peopleI am not defending my husband's actions, but this is war, and that is why I want it to stop.
Diamonds are indeed forever.
According to reports, Mrs. Sankoh, who travels on a US passport, rarely visits Sierra Leone to see children as young as 5 with hacked limbs, left with an uncertain future.