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The Monrovia Church massacre was carried out by approximately 30 ethnic Krahn government soldiers, killing 600 civilians in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Monrovia, on 29 July 1990, the worst single atrocity of the First Liberian Civil War. [11] [12] By May 1990 the AFL had been forced back to Gbarnga, still under the control of Bowen's troops ...
The Monrovia Church massacre, also referred to as the St. Peter's Lutheran Church massacre, was the worst single atrocity of the First Liberian Civil War.Approximately 600 people were killed at the church, on 14th Street, in the Sinkor district of Monrovia on 29 July 1990.
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Operation Sharp Edge was a non-combatant evacuation operation carried out by the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) and 26th MEU of the United States Marine Corps in Liberia in 1990 and 1991. The MEUs were supported by Amphibious Squadron Four (Task Force 61) composed of USS Whidbey Island , USS Saipan , USS Ponce , USS Sumter , USS ...
More than 200,000 people were killed and thousands more were mutilated and raped in brutal civil wars in Liberia between 1989 and 2003. ... Wendell Elijah Mallobe is one of 15,000 Liberian ...
President Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia's two civil wars, characterized by widespread ...
The Second Liberian Civil War was a civil war in the West African nation of ... The INPFL captured and executed Doe in September 1990 and resisted attempts by the ...
The National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) was a Liberian rebel group that initiated and participated in the First Liberian Civil War from 24 December 1989 – 2 August 1997. The NPFL emerged out of rising ethnic tensions and civil unrest due to the Liberian government that was characterized by totalitarianism , corruption , and favoritism ...