Further chaos in Liberian civil war

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Liberian President Samuel Kanyon Doe became virtually a prisoner in the presidential mansion as rebels besieged Monrovia and Doe's 500-man security force refused to let him leave without them. Doe, amidst ethnic warfare which killed tens of thousands of Liberians and caused over 700,000 more to flee the country, was captured, tortured and killed by the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) led by Prince Yormie Johnson on 9 September 1990. The end of the Doe regime only continued the ethnic warfare in Liberia. Click here to read more about the devastating civil war in Liberia from 1989-1996.

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01Global Security, 'Liberia - First Civil War - 1989-1996', from Global Security Military Section, [Online], Available at: www.globalsecurity.org, [Accessed: 23 July 2013]
02Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, 'Samuel Kanyon Doe', from Answers, [Online], Available at: www.answers.com, [Accessed: 23 July 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Further chaos in Liberian civil war. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012896

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"Further chaos in Liberian civil war." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012896. Accessed 25 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Further chaos in Liberian civil war." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012896.