FEBRUARY 11, 1998 : (LIBERIA : JESSIE JACKSON MEETS SEVERAL TIMES PRIVATELY WITH LIBERIAN STRONGMAN CHARLES TAYLOR)
MARCH 1998 : (BILL CLINTON'S $42.8 MILLION AFRICA TRIP : AT JESSE JACKSON'S PROMPTING, CLINTON MAKES CALL TO LIBERIAN STRONGMAN CHARLES TAYLOR {See DIAMOND TRADE} FROM AF1)
MARCH 1998 : (SIERRA LEONE : ELECTED PRESIDENT KABBAH RETURNS TO POWER WITH HELP FROM THE UK & NIGERIA; RUF LEADER SANKOH {See LIBERIA} IS ARRESTED FOR TREASON & SENTENCED TO DEATH BUT JESSE JACKSON GETS THE SENTENCE LIFTED)
APRIL 1998 : (CHICAGO, IL : OPERATION PUSH HQ : JESSIE JACKSON HOSTS A "RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE" TO PROMOTE THE RULE OF CHARLES TAYLOR IN LIBERIA)
SEPTEMBER 1998 : (LIBERIA : CHARLES TAYLOR'S SSS GOES AFTER RIVAL ROOSEVELT JOHNSON AND ASSASSINATES HIM IN THE ENTRYWAY OF THE US EMBASSY WHERE HE HAD SOUGHT REFUGE - See GEMSTONE TRADE/CONFLICT DIAMONDS, CHICAGO ILLINOIS' JESSE JACKSON)
JANUARY 1999 : (SIERRA LEONE : AFTER HAVING HIS 1998 DEATH SENTENCE LIFTED THANKS TO JESSE JACKSON'S INFLUENCE, RUF LEADER SANKOH'S FIGHTERS {See LIBERIA, CHARLES TAYLOR} GO ON ANOTHER KILLING SPREE BEFORE A WEST AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE LED BY NIGERIA MANAGES TO FIGHT THEM TO A STALEMATE )
JULY 1999 : (SIERRA LEONE : SANKOH IS RELEASED FROM HOUSE ARREST AND IS GIVEN THE VICE PRESIDENCY OF A NEW GOVERNMENT, EFFECTIVELY GRANTING HIM "LEGAL" CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY'S DIAMOND MINES, SOME OF WHOSE PROCEEDS HE THEN DIRECTS TO LIBERIA'S CHARLES TAYLOR IN EXCHANGE FOR WEAPONS -- See JESSE JACKSON)
1999 TO 2003 : (LIBERIA : AL QEADA LEADERS DEAL WITH CHARLES TAYLOR, OTHERS IN LIBERIA--- SEE SIERRA LEONE)