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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 widespread corruption led to calls for withdrawal of the support of the United States, by the late 1980s. [2]
LURD child fighter -A child soldier of the Liberian rebel group LURD at the Po River (2004). The First Liberian Civil War began in 1989, when Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) forces invaded the country in rebellion against the regime of Samuel Doe, who came to power through the 1980 Liberian coup d'état.
The National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) was a Liberian rebel group that initiated and participated in the First Liberian Civil War from 24 December 1989 – 2 August 1997. The NPFL emerged out of rising ethnic tensions and civil unrest due to the Liberian government that was characterized by totalitarianism , corruption , and favoritism ...
The Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) was a rebel group that participated in the First Liberian Civil War under the leadership of Prince Johnson. [1] It was a breakaway faction of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL).
The First Liberian Civil War lasted from 1989 until 1997. By mid-1990, two rival factions of rebel fighters advanced on the Liberian capital Monrovia and President Samuel Doe was hiding out in his executive mansion near the seaside. [1] [2] [3]
First Liberian Civil War, 1989–1997; Second Liberian Civil War, 1999–2003 This page was last edited on 8 December 2023, at 06:26 (UTC). Text is available under ...
The back-to-back civil wars killed an estimated 250,000 people between 1989 and 2003. ... deliver justice to the victims of Liberia's two civil wars, characterized by widespread mass killings ...
In 1989, Charles Taylor, a rebel leader in the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), launched a rebellion against Doe, sparking the First Liberian Civil War. [4] After Doe was murdered and his regime collapsed in 1990, the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) was founded by Krahn and Mandinka refugees and former AFL soldiers in 1991. [5]