Liberian Civil Wars

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The Liberian Civil Wars were two consecutive brutal conflicts from 1989 to 2003 that devastated Liberia, caused massive civilian casualties and displacement, and reshaped the country’s political landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
cause authoritarian rule of Samuel Doe ⓘ
economic decline in Liberia ⓘ
ethnic tensions in Liberia ⓘ
political instability in Liberia ⓘ
consequence destruction of infrastructure in Liberia ⓘ
economic collapse in Liberia ⓘ
large-scale displacement of population ⓘ
mass civilian casualties ⓘ
regional destabilization in West Africa ⓘ
use of child soldiers ⓘ
widespread human rights abuses ⓘ
country Liberia ⓘ
endTime 1997 ⓘ
2003 ⓘ
2003 ⓘ
hasPart First Liberian Civil War ⓘ
Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ
involvedOrganization ECOWAS ⓘ
Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
keyFigure Charles Taylor ⓘ
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ⓘ
Moses Blah ⓘ
Prince Johnson ⓘ
Samuel Doe ⓘ
location West Africa ⓘ
mainBelligerent Government of Liberia ⓘ
Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia ⓘ
Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy ⓘ
Movement for Democracy in Liberia ⓘ
National Patriotic Front of Liberia ⓘ
United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy ⓘ
peacekeepingMission UNMIL ⓘ
relatedTo First Liberian Civil War ⓘ
Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ
Sierra Leone Civil War ⓘ
result Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2003 ⓘ
deployment of United Nations peacekeepers ⓘ
election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2005 ⓘ
establishment of transitional government in Liberia ⓘ
overthrow of Samuel Doe ⓘ
resignation of Charles Taylor ⓘ
rise of Charles Taylor ⓘ
startTime 1989 ⓘ
1989 ⓘ
1999 ⓘ

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Second Liberian Civil War → partOf → Liberian Civil Wars ⓘ
First Liberian Civil War → partOf → Liberian Civil Wars ⓘ
Nimba County → playsRoleIn → Liberian civil wars ⓘ
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Eclipsed → mainSubject → Liberian Civil War ⓘ
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Eclipsed (Broadway production) → mainSubject → Liberian Civil War ⓘ
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Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington → focusesOnEvent → Liberian Civil War ⓘ
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LURD → partOf → Liberian civil conflict ⓘ
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Guinea (during parts of the Liberian Civil War) → timePeriod → Liberian Civil War ⓘ
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Guinea (during parts of the Liberian Civil War) → involvedIn → Liberian Civil War ⓘ
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Krahn → notableIn → Liberian civil conflicts ⓘ
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ULIMO-K → disarmedInContextOf → Liberian peace process ⓘ
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Interim Government of National Unity → conflict → Liberian Civil War ⓘ
subject linked to: IGNU
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historical records of the Republic of Liberia → documentsAspect → Liberian civil conflicts ⓘ
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Guinea–Liberia borderlands → affectedBy → Liberian civil wars ⓘ
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