The article examines the causes of the irregular war in Liberia from 1989-1997, the forces and dynamics that shaped the war, the impact of the war on state collapse and the prospects for conflict resolution and peace-building. The findings show that …

The First Liberian Civil War killed around 200,000 people and eventually led to the involvement of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations. The peace lasted for two years until the Second Liberian Civil War broke out when anti-Taylor forces invaded Liberia from Guinea in April 1999.

On 6 April 1996, Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia, witnessed the start of a battle which, over the following days, was to lead to some of the heaviest fighting ever seen in West Africa. Two of the strongest of the six or more armed factions then participating in Liberia's civil war combined in an effort to eliminate a third faction, which ...

The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) are the armed forces of the Republic of Liberia. Tracing its origins to a militia that was formed by the first black colonists in what is now Liberia, it was founded as the Liberian Frontier Force in 1908, and retitled in 1956. For almost all of its history, the AFL has received considerable materiel and ...

Liberia's conflict has provided many such examples. Each of the country's three warring factions has been highly abusive and, despite being under a weapons embargo, has been able to readily...

weapons and ammunition remains a critical priority and an integral part of peace, security and development processes in Liberia. Years of conflict have undeniably had a direct impact on the Government of Liberia’s capacity to safely and securely store, manage, inventory, monitor and account for its national stockpile of arms and ammunition across

2024年3月21日 · This chapter examines the First Liberian Civil War, where initial rebel-civilian ties were lost due to high rates of inter-group military contestation during the latter half of the conflict. The chapter investigates rebel governance under Charles Taylor's NPFL during the first civil war, and explains how organizational capacity on the ground ...

Liberia's seven warring factions -- including the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), the United Liberation Movement with two wings referred to as ULIMO-J and ULIMO-K, the Liberia Peace...

2003年9月18日 · In late June, troops from the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) ran out of ammunition and were forced to abandon an offensive in Monrovia. Three weeks later, resupplied with...

2015年10月1日 · Small arms and light weapons (SALW) propagation is a severe threat to peace and security in Liberia. SALW are hand-held weapons such as machine guns, rifles, pistols, shotguns, and landmines....