First Liberian Civil War

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armed conflict civil war

The First Liberian Civil War was a brutal conflict from 1989 to 1997 that led to the overthrow of President Samuel Doe, widespread atrocities, and the near-collapse of Liberia’s state institutions.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
First Liberian Civil War canonical	26

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ civil war ⓘ
combatant	Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ ECOWAS Monitoring Group ⓘ National Patriotic Front of Liberia ⓘ surface form: Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia National Patriotic Front of Liberia ⓘ United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy ⓘ West African peacekeeping forces ⓘ
country	Liberia ⓘ
deathTollEstimate	150000 ⓘ 250000 ⓘ
displacedPersonsEstimate	1000000 ⓘ 700000 ⓘ
endDate	1997-08-19 ⓘ
followedBy	Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ
hasCause	authoritarian rule of Samuel Doe ⓘ coup against Samuel Doe in 1980 ⓘ economic decline in Liberia ⓘ ethnic tensions in Liberia ⓘ marginalization of Gio and Mano groups ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup	Gio people ⓘ Krahn people ⓘ Mano people ⓘ
involvedOrganization	ECOWAS ⓘ surface form: Economic Community of West African States United Nations ⓘ
leader	Alhaji Kromah ⓘ Charles Taylor ⓘ Prince Johnson ⓘ Roosevelt Johnson ⓘ Samuel Doe ⓘ
location	Bong County ⓘ Grand Gedeh County ⓘ Lofa County ⓘ Monrovia ⓘ Nimba County ⓘ
notableEvent	Operation Octopus in 1992 ⓘ capture and killing of Samuel Doe in 1990 ⓘ
partOf	Liberian Civil Wars ⓘ
peaceAgreement	Abuja Accord ⓘ Akosombo Agreement ⓘ Cotonou Peace Agreement ⓘ
precededBy	1980 Liberian coup d'état ⓘ
result	destruction of infrastructure in Liberia ⓘ election of Charles Taylor as president of Liberia in 1997 ⓘ fragmentation of armed factions in Liberia ⓘ large-scale refugee flows to neighboring countries ⓘ mass displacement of civilians ⓘ near-collapse of Liberian state institutions ⓘ overthrow of President Samuel Doe ⓘ signing of the Abuja Peace Accord ⓘ widespread atrocities against civilians ⓘ
startDate	1989-12-24 ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liberia → historicalEvent → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Second Liberian Civil War → precededBy → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Lofa County → playedRoleIn → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

ECOWAS Monitoring Group → conflict → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Liberian Civil Wars → hasPart → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Liberian Civil Wars → relatedTo → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Nimba County → wasEarlyConflictZoneIn → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

National Patriotic Front of Liberia → conflict → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

National Patriotic Front of Liberia → activeIn → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Armed Forces of Liberia → involvedIn → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Samuel Doe → overthrowContributedTo → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Samuel Doe → conflictAssociatedWith → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Prince Johnson → conflict → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Alhaji Kromah → conflict → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Alhaji G.V. Kromah

Roosevelt Johnson → conflict → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Grand Gedeh County → wasStrongholdDuring → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Grand Gedeh County → wasBattlegroundDuring → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Cotonou Peace Agreement → conflictAddressed → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Akosombo Agreement → conflictAddressed → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Abuja Accord → conflictAddressed → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Operation Octopus in 1992 → conflict → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Octopus (1992)

Operation Octopus in 1992 → partOf → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Octopus (1992)

Krahn people → involvedIn → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy → conflict → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Charles Taylor → cameToPowerThrough → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Charles Taylor → conflict → First Liberian Civil War ⓘ