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Liberi Liberia's Deadliest Civil War

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During 1989-1996 Liberia experienced one of the deadliest civil wars in history, the first phase occurred during Samuel Doe regime. Liberia began with great hope and support from most Liberians. However, the government quickly turned into an oppressive military regime that destroyed the fragile economy. Doe explicitly favored his own Krahn tribe from Grand Gedeh County, as well as the Mandingo, he resisted almost all other ethnic groups, but particularly the Gio and Mano from Nimba County, eventually leading to violent clashes between the military and ethnic groups in this region. Besides, the violence he created between the military and ethnic groups he a staged a coup d'état to over through the government. President Tolbert and 26 of

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