General Resources : Liberia

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.

CIA -- The World Factbook  (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)
Provides a map and general reference information on the geography, people, government, and economy of Liberia.

Flags of the World: Liberia  (http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/lr.html)
Site contains the official flag of Liberia.

Liberia Net  (http://www.liberia.net)
"The gateway on highlights of Africa’s oldest Republic, including a pictorial review of Liberian people and places."

United States. Library of Congress Country Studies  (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html)
On-line version of print copy editions of books in the Country Studies Series, providing a description of the social, economic, and political systems and institutions of the African countries.