Taylor, accused of supplying arms to Sierra Leonean rebels in exchange for diamonds, topped a list of 130 people barred from foreign travel under the sanctions, which include an arms embargo and a ban on diamond exports.
Sanctions are terrible.
We are beginning to see the effects. As a result of the sanctions, the Liberian government is losing income due to the ban on exportation of diamonds. Taylor said 1.5 million Liberians, about half the population, would be affected by the diamond ban. Taylor and his government deny the charges of fuelling a 10-year war waged by Sierra Leonean rebels, with whom Taylor has links dating back to his own days as a warlord in Liberia's civil war, which ended with his election in 1997. The West African state was founded by freed black slaves from America in the 19th century.