Taylor will be 'gone by Monday'

Embattled Liberian President Charles Taylor will hand over power to his deputy next Monday, President Thabo Mbeki said on Tuesday. "President Taylor will leave Liberia after the installation of that vice-president on Monday," Mbeki told reporters in Pretoria.

Taylor would travel to Nigeria.

Mbeki said Taylor called him on Monday to state his intention of stepping down to make way for a government of national unity in Liberia.

Meanwhile, West African peacekeepers were on Tuesday to build up their strength at Liberia's main airport in preparation for a risky mission to bring stability and humanitarian aid to its war-torn capital Monrovia.

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