Second Liberian Civil War

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armed conflict civil war war in Africa

The Second Liberian Civil War was a brutal conflict from 1999 to 2003 that led to the overthrow of President Charles Taylor, widespread atrocities, and a major international peacekeeping intervention that reshaped Liberia’s political landscape.

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Label	Occurrences
Second Liberian Civil War canonical	24

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ civil war ⓘ war in Africa ⓘ
characterizedBy	looting and destruction of property ⓘ sexual violence against civilians ⓘ use of child soldiers ⓘ
consequence	creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia ⓘ demobilization of combatants ⓘ organization of postwar elections in Liberia ⓘ reform of Liberia’s security sector ⓘ
country	Liberia ⓘ
deathTollEstimate	tens of thousands of people killed ⓘ
displacedPersonsEstimate	hundreds of thousands of people displaced ⓘ
endTime	2003 ⓘ
followedBy	post-conflict reconstruction in Liberia ⓘ
hasCause	authoritarian rule of Charles Taylor ⓘ continuation of instability from the First Liberian Civil War ⓘ regional spillover from conflicts in Sierra Leone and Guinea ⓘ
involved	ECOWAS Monitoring Group ⓘ ECOWAS ⓘ surface form: Economic Community of West African States Guinea ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ United Nations ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
leaderOnSide	Charles Taylor ⓘ Sekou Conneh ⓘ Thomas Nimely ⓘ
location	Bomi County ⓘ Grand Bassa County ⓘ Lofa County ⓘ Monrovia ⓘ Nimba County ⓘ
opponent	Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor ⓘ Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy ⓘ Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy ⓘ surface form: Movement for Democracy in Liberia
partOf	Liberian Civil Wars ⓘ
peacekeepingMission	ECOMIL ⓘ UNMIL ⓘ
precededBy	First Liberian Civil War ⓘ
result	Comprehensive Peace Agreement of Accra ⓘ deployment of international peacekeeping forces ⓘ establishment of a National Transitional Government of Liberia ⓘ mass displacement of civilians ⓘ resignation and exile of President Charles Taylor ⓘ severe damage to Liberia’s infrastructure ⓘ widespread human rights abuses ⓘ
startTime	1999 ⓘ

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Subject: Second Liberian Civil War
Description of subject: The Second Liberian Civil War was a brutal conflict from 1999 to 2003 that led to the overthrow of President Charles Taylor, widespread atrocities, and a major international peacekeeping intervention that reshaped Liberia’s political landscape.

Referenced by (24)

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

Liberia → historicalEvent → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

First Liberian Civil War → followedBy → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

United Nations Mission in Liberia → conflictAddressed → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor → involvedIn → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy → activeInConflict → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Sekou Conneh → conflict → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Thomas Nimely → conflict → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Thomas Nimely → participatedIn → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Comprehensive Peace Agreement of Accra → endedConflict → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Lofa County → playedRoleIn → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

ECOWAS Monitoring Group → conflict → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

UNMIL → conflictContext → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

ECOMIL → conflict → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Liberian Civil Wars → hasPart → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Liberian Civil Wars → relatedTo → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

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

Alhaji Kromah → conflict → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Alhaji G.V. Kromah

Krahn people → involvedIn → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1509 → conflictAddressed → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Economic Community of West African States Mission in Liberia → conflict → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Liberian general election, 2005 → tookPlaceAfter → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Charles Taylor → conflict → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

Liberian general election, 2011 → conflictBackground → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

The Last Face (2016 film) → setInPeriod → Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: The Last Face