Sanctions against Taylor's Liberian allies lifted by UN

The UN Security Council has lifted sanctions against 17 Liberians linked to former Liberian president and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor. 

The asset freezes and travel bans were imposed more than a decade ago in a bid to weaken Taylor while he was in power.
Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in jail by a UN-backed court in May for fuelling Sierra Leone's civil war.
Liberia's government welcomed the lifting of sanctions against the 17, who include two of Taylor's ex-wives.
"The lifting of the travel ban is welcome news for the government of Liberia," AFP news agency quotes the Foreign Minister Augustine Naguafan as saying.

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