Liberia was settled by freed American slaves in 1821 and became
an independent republic in 1847. Americo-Liberians, descendants
of the freed slaves, dominated the country until 1980, when Sgt.
Samuel Doe led a violent coup that led to the killing of President
William Tolbert. By a fraudulent election, in 1985, Doe became
Liberia's first indigenous president. In 1989, Liberia was invaded
from Côte d' Ivoire by rebel forces of the National Patriotic
Front of Liberia (NPFL), led by Charles Taylor, who proclaimed
himself president. Doe was assassinated in 1990 by another group
of rebels led by Prince Yormie Johnson, who also sought the presidency.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) intervened
to negotiate a peace settlement among the two rebel groups and
the government. ECOWAS also sent a Nigerian-led West African
peacekeeping force to Monrovia and installed an interim government
led by Amos Sawyer. With military aid from Libya and Burkina
Faso, Taylor's forces began a siege of Monrovia in 1992 and engaged
in fighting with ECOWAS forces. A number of cease-fires were
established in 1993 and 1994, but clashes between factions persisted.
Africa news online (http://www.africanews.org/)
Site provides links to current stories on Liberia in the regional and international press.
African Internet Connectivity (http://www2.sn.apc.org/africa)
Site provides information on internet service providers, telecommunications, and
networking in Liberia.
AllAfrica.com (http://www.allafrica.com)
Site provides a wide variety of current news summaries on Liberia and on other sub-Saharan African countries.
BBC News. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/africa/default.stm)
'BBC provides detailed reports and information on Liberia.
Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) (http://www.irinnews.org)
"Site contains daily and weekly regional news summaries, and links to country news reports."
Liberia Institute of Journalism (http://www.lij.kabissa.org)
"LIJ, a nonprofit Journalism Education organization, informs and empowers journalists to exercise their rights in an emerging democracy. The institute publishes the West Africa Newsletter, which focuses on human rights, development and democracy reporting and networking."
New Democrat (http://www.newdemocrat.org/)
"An electronic version of an independent weekly newspaper, including an archive of selected articles dated since December 2000."
One World News -- Africa (http://www.oneworld.net)
"A UK-based news service in partnership with numerous NGO's, working together for human rights and sustainable development, has a range of information, reports , news stories and analysis on Liberia."
Panapress (http://www.panapress.com/)
Official website of the Pan African News Agency, the largest news gathering operation in Africa with a network of over 50 correspondents providing news and analysis throughout the continent.
The Perspective (http://www.theperspective.org)
A Liberian news magazine. Site provides monthly news analysis and editorials on Liberian affairs, with an archives since 1998.
ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int/)
Site provides current news and an extensive collection of links information on Liberia.
TVRadio World (http://www.tvradioworld.com/region3/lbr/)
"Site contains contact information for Liberian television networks and radio stations."
USAfrica online (http://www.usafricaonline.com/)
Site provides current news stories on Liberia and other sub-Saharan Africa countries.
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