Armed conflict

Liberia: Government

1989 – 2003 · 6.53° N, 10.35° W

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When
1989 – 2003
Kind
Armed conflict
Deaths
3,051
Coordinates
6.53° N, 10.35° W
Incompatibility
government
Type of conflict
intrastate
Region
Africa
Location
Liberia
Side a
Government of Liberia
Side b
NPFL, INPFL, LURD, MODEL

Placed at the middle of its 117 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).

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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