To this end Britain was a prime mover calling for United Nations sanctions to be imposed on Taylor s regime. Taylor s capital, Monrovia, is one of the most unpleasant on the planet. It reeks of paranoia, random violence and superstition. Human rights abuses go with the territory and press censorship is stringent. Dissent is brutally stamped out.
People have a nasty habit of dying in accidents .
For all except the Toyota People the small elite of Taylor s family and entourage who shuttle around in 4x4s it is a miserable existence. Without running water, women wash their cooking pots in the street. Civil servants have not been paid for months. Expats and foreign aid workers are discouraged from being out after dark for their own safety . What is most puzzling is that the roads are well maintained for a place collapsing into ruin.