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
LURD commander "Gen. Cobra" with his guards
A technical with a mounted machine gun, Monrovia.
LURD child soldier
First Liberian Civil War
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The First Liberian Civil War was the first of two civil wars within the West African nation of Liberia which lasted between 1989 and 1997. President Samuel Doe's regime of totalitarianism and widespre
Second Liberian Civil War
…would result from re-integration, disarmament, rehabilitation and demobilization. President Charles Taylor came to power in 1997 after victory in the First Liberian Civil War which led to two years of peace. The Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), an anti-Taylor rebel group backed by the government of…
Samuel Doe with US Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger outside of the Pentagon in 1982.