Armed Forces of Liberia
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The Armed Forces of Liberia are the armed forces of the Republic of Liberia. The force traces its origins to a militia formed by early Americo-Liberian settlers in the 19th century. It was formally es
A Liberian color guard marches on Armed Forces Day in 2010.
Chief of the Liberian Frontier Force, Captain Alford Russ (seated far right) sits alongside members of President Barclay's party during the Liberian President's visit to Washington DC in 1943.
President Samuel Doe with United States Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger during a visit to Washington DC in 1982
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf inspecting AFL soldiers on board USS Fort McHenry in 2008
Second Liberian Civil War
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The Second Liberian Civil War was a civil war in the West African nation of Liberia that lasted from 1999 to 2003. The war was mainly caused by transition failures after the First Civil War, especiall
Armed Forces of Liberia
…with the outbreak of the First Liberian Civil War in 1989. The AFL became entangled in the conflict, which lasted from 1989 to 1997, followed by the Second Liberian Civil War from 1999 to 2003. As of the mid-2010s, the AFL consists of an infantry brigade, an air wing, and the coast guard. For several years after the war, a…
LURD commander "Gen. Cobra" with his guards
A technical with a mounted machine gun, Monrovia.
LURD child soldier