A prison guard at the detention centre of the Special Court for Sierra Leone set up jointly by the government and the United Nations to investigate war crimes. This cell had been prepared for former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who was eventually transferred to the court in March 2006. He is to be tried for war crimes in Sierra Leone at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Sven Torfinn/Panos Pictures 2005

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