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Second Liberian Civil War

Index Second Liberian Civil War

The Second Liberian Civil War began in 1999 when a rebel group backed by the government of neighbouring Guinea, the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), emerged in northern Liberia. [1]

71 relations: Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Anti-Terrorist Unit (Liberia), Armed Forces of Liberia, Arthington, Liberia, BBC, Benjamin Yeaten, Bopolu, Charles McArther Emmanuel, Charles Taylor (Liberian politician), Chris Hondros, Christian, Cocaine, ECOMIL, Economic Community of West African States, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, First Liberian Civil War, Gbarnga, Gender inequality in Liberia, Geneva Conventions, Guinea, Gyude Bryant, History of Liberia, Human Rights Watch, International Crisis Group, Interpol, Italy, John Kufuor, Joint Task Force Liberia, Kamajors, Khat, Kofi Annan, Krahn people, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Liberian Civil War, Liberian general election, 1997, Liberian general election, 2005, Liberian National Police, Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, Living in Emergency, Mandinka people, Maxwell Khobe, Médecins Sans Frontières, Monrovia, Moses Blah, Movement for Democracy in Liberia, Muslim, National Patriotic Front of Liberia, Nigeria, Nonviolence, ..., Operation Shining Express, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Revolutionary United Front, Sam Bockarie, Samuel Hinga Norman, Sekou Conneh, Siege of Monrovia, Sierra Leone, Thomas Nimely, Tubmanburg, United Nations Mission in Liberia, United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia, United Nations Security Council, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1509, United States, United States Army Africa, United States Institute of Peace, Vice (magazine), Vicenza, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Expand index (21 more) »

Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement

The Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement or Accra Peace Agreement was the final peace agreement in the Second Liberian Civil War.

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Anti-Terrorist Unit (Liberia)

The Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATU), also known as the Anti-Terrorist Brigade, was a paramilitary force of the government of Liberia, established by then-President Charles Taylor in 1997-98.

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Armed Forces of Liberia

The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) are the armed forces of the Republic of Liberia.

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Arthington, Liberia

Arthington is a small town in Montserrado County, Liberia, located along the Saint Paul River northwest of the capital city of Monrovia.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Benjamin Yeaten

Benjamin Yeaten (born 28 February 1969), widely known by his old radio call sign "50", is a Liberian militia leader and mercenary, who served as the Armed Forces of Liberia's deputy commander and director of the Special Security Service (SSS) during the presidency of Charles Taylor.

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Bopolu

Bopolu is the capital city of Gbarpolu County, Liberia, and is located 100 kilometers north of Monrovia.

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Charles McArther Emmanuel

Charles McArther Emmanuel, also known as Chuckie Taylor (born February 12 1978), is the son of Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia.

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Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)

Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor (born 28 January 1948) is a former Liberian politician who served as the 22nd President of Liberia from 2 August 1997 until his resignation on 11 August 2003.

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Chris Hondros

Chris Hondros (March 14, 1970 – April 20, 2011) was an American war photographer.

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Christian

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Cocaine

Cocaine, also known as coke, is a strong stimulant mostly used as a recreational drug.

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ECOMIL

ECOWAS mission in Liberia (ECOMIL) was a peacekeeping force sent by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Liberia at the end of Second Liberian Civil War in September 2003.

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Economic Community of West African States

The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa.

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018.

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First Liberian Civil War

The First Liberian Civil War was an internal conflict in Liberia from 1989 until 1997.

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Gbarnga

Gbarnga is the capital city of Bong County, Liberia, lying north east of Monrovia.

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Gender inequality in Liberia

The extent of gender inequalities varies throughout Liberia in regard to status, region, rural/urban areas, and traditional cultures.

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Geneva Conventions

Original document as PDF in single pages, 1864 The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties, and three additional protocols, that establish the standards of international law for humanitarian treatment in war.

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Guinea

Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea (République de Guinée), is a country on the western coast of Africa.

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Gyude Bryant

Charles Gyude Bryant (17 January 1949 – 16 April 2014) was a Liberian politician and businessman.

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History of Liberia

Liberia is a country in West Africa which was founded, established, colonized, and controlled by citizens of the United States and ex-Caribbean slaves as a colony for former African American slaves and their free black descendants.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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International Crisis Group

The International Crisis Group (ICG; also simply known as the Crisis Group) is a transnational non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1995 that carries out field research on violent conflict and advances policies to prevent, mitigate or resolve conflict.

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Interpol

The International Criminal Police Organization (Organisation internationale de police criminelle; ICPO-INTERPOL), more commonly known as Interpol, is an international organization that facilitates international police cooperation.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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John Kufuor

John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politician who was President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009.

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Joint Task Force Liberia

Joint Task Force Liberia was a joint task force formed from August to October 2003 in response to the crisis that developed during the Second Liberian Civil War.

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Kamajors

The Kamajors were a group of traditional hunters from the Mende ethnic group in the south and east of Sierra Leone (mostly from the Bo district).

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Khat

Khat or qat (Catha edulis, qat from القات) is a flowering plant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

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Kofi Annan

Kofi Atta Annan (born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006.

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Krahn people

Krahn is an ethnic group of Liberia and Ivory Coast. This group belongs to the Kru language family and its people are sometimes referred to as the Wee, Guéré, Sapo, or Wobe. It is likely that Western contact with the Kru language is the primary reason for the development of these different names. The term Krahn may also be applied to denote the language spoken by this ethnic group.

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Leymah Gbowee

Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's peace movement, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003.

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Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.

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Liberian Civil War

The Liberian Civil War may refer to one of the following conflicts.

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Liberian general election, 1997

The 1997 Liberian general election was held on 19 July 1997 as part of the 1996 peace agreement ending the First Liberian Civil War.

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Liberian general election, 2005

The 2005 Liberian general election was held on 11 October 2005, with a runoff election for the presidency held on 8 November of that year.

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Liberian National Police

The Liberian National Police is the national police force in Liberia.

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Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy

The Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) was a rebel group in Liberia that was active from 1999 until the resignation of Charles Taylor ended the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003.

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Living in Emergency

Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Mark N. Hopkins.

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Mandinka people

The Mandinka (also known as Mandenka, Mandinko, Mandingo, Manding or Malinke) are an African ethnic group with an estimated global population of 11 million (the other three largest ethnic groups in Africa being the unrelated Fula, Hausa and Songhai peoples).

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Maxwell Khobe

Brigadier General Maxwell Mitikishe Khobe (January 1, 1950 - April 18, 2000) was the Nigerian Commander of The ECOMOG Peacekeeping Force, Sierra Leone and Chief of Defence Staff of Sierra Leone, where he was on secondment.

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Médecins Sans Frontières

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF; pronounced), also known in English as Doctors Without Borders, is an international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation (NGO) of French origin best known for its projects in conflict zones and in countries affected by endemic diseases.

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Monrovia

Monrovia is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia.

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Moses Blah

Moses Zeh Blah (18 April 1947 – 1 April 2013) was a Liberian politician.

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Movement for Democracy in Liberia

The Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) was a rebel group in Liberia that became active in March 2003, launching attacks from Ivory Coast.

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Muslim

A Muslim (مُسلِم) is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.

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National Patriotic Front of Liberia

The National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) was a rebel group that initiated and participated in the First Liberian Civil War from 1989 to 1996.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Nonviolence

Nonviolence is the personal practice of being harmless to self and others under every condition.

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Operation Shining Express

Operation Shining Express was the June 2003 deployment of an American naval task force, consisting of the amphibious assault ship USS ''Kearsarge'' (LHD-3) and the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines (3/2) to rescue U.S. embassy personnel and American citizens during the Second Liberian Civil War.

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Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a documentary film directed by Gini Reticker and produced by Abigail Disney.

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Revolutionary United Front

Revolutionary United Front (RUF) was a rebel army that fought a failed eleven-year war in Sierra Leone, starting in 1991 and ending in 2002.

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Sam Bockarie

Samuel Sam Bockarie, widely known as Mosquito (2 October 1964 − 5 May 2003), was a leading member of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone.

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Samuel Hinga Norman

Samuel Hinga Norman (January 1, 1940 – February 22, 2007) was a Sierra Leonean politician from the Mende tribe.

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Sekou Conneh

Sekou Damate Conneh, Jr.

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Siege of Monrovia

The Siege of Monrovia, which occurred in Monrovia, Liberia between July 18 and August 14, 2003, was a major military confrontation between the Armed Forces of Liberia and LURD rebels during the Second Liberian Civil War.

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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa.

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Thomas Nimely

Thomas Yaya Nimely (born 1956) is a politician in Liberia.

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Tubmanburg

Tubmanburg, also known as Bomi and formerly known as Vaitown, is the capital of Bomi County in Liberia.

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United Nations Mission in Liberia

The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) is a peace-keeping force established in September 2003 to monitor a ceasefire agreement in Liberia following the resignation of President Charles Taylor and the conclusion of the Second Liberian Civil War.

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United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone from 1999 to 2006.

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United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia

The United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) was a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Liberia.

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United Nations Security Council

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security as well as accepting new members to the United Nations and approving any changes to its United Nations Charter.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1509

United Nations Security Council resolution 1509, adopted unanimously on 19 September 2003, after recalling all previous resolutions on the situation in Liberia, including Resolution 1497 (2003), the Council established the 15,000-strong United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to assist in implementing a ceasefire and peace agreement.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Army Africa

United States Army Africa (USARAF), also known as the Southern European Task Force (SETAF), is the United States Army service component command of United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM or AFRICOM).

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United States Institute of Peace

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is an American non-partisan, independent, federal institution that provides analysis of and is involved in conflicts around the world.

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Vice (magazine)

Vice is a Canadian-American print magazine focused on arts, culture, and news topics.

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Vicenza

Vicenza is a city in northeastern Italy.

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26th Marine Expeditionary Unit

The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) is one of seven Marine Expeditionary Units currently in existence in the United States Marine Corps.

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Accra Peace Agreement, Organisation of Displaced Liberians, Organization of Displaced Liberians.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Liberian_Civil_War

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