It could be the beginning of the end for Africa’s long era of impunity, during which awful deeds committed by presidents, dictators, and warlords have gone largely unpunished. The highest-profile evidence: This week’s arrest of notorious ex-Liberian-president Charles Taylor on war-crimes charges, which follows the recent booking of former Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Full Story