(CNN) --Liberia's rebels are pleading with the U.S. to deploy ... three HH-60 helicopters and a C-130 aircraft to West Africa to support a 50-man U.S. military humanitarian assessment team ...

Liberia, West Africa’s most forested country ... convicted for aiding rebels during Sierra Leone’s civil war. Taylor's activities were part-funded through the sale of what was dubbed ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels pressed deeper into Congolese territory a day after Congo and Rwanda's presidents called for an ...