What the records say
- When
- 24 Dec 1989 – 2 Aug 1997
- Kind
- Civil war
- Deaths
- 200,000
- Coordinates
- 6.30° N, 10.80° W
- Type
- Civil war
- Region
- Africa
- Cities
- Monrovia
- Side a
- Liberian government
- Side b
- National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) and other factions
- Alliances
- Liberian government, National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) and other factions
Placed approximately by the source.
First Liberian Civil War
1989–1997 war in West Africa
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 widespread corruption led to calls for withdrawal of the support of the United States, by the late 1980s.
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- Global Wars & Armed Conflicts, 1914–2026Kaggle compilationNo licence stated
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