Liberian President Charles Taylor said today he had arrested his vice-president after a failed coup attempt.
The president had been in Ghana for the opening of peace talks with Liberian rebels.
Speaking to the nation on state radio on his return,Taylor, who has been indicted on war crime charges, also said Liberia's entire cabinet would be asked to resign at the end of next week to pave the way for a government of national unity.
A warrant for the arrest of Mr Taylor was filed with the Ghanaian authorities to coincide with his visit there yesterday, when a court in Freetown announced he had been indicted for war crimes committed during Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war.
Mr Taylor was charged with "bearing the greatest responsibility for war crimes, crimes against humanity and serious violation of international humanitarian law in Sierra Leone since November 13th, 1996."
The Liberian president is already under UN sanctions for allegedly backing Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front rebels, notorious for recruiting child soldiers and hacking off people's limbs in the brutal war that claimed up to 200,000 lives.