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Most of the inhabitants ended up outside the modern economy during the civil war. A labor force survey in 2010 estimated unemployment in the formal labor market to be 3.7 percent (higher in cities and among young people), but it…
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Following the Constitution of 1986, Liberia is a presidential and unified state republic. The president is the head of state, head of government and military commander. The president is elected in the general election for a renewable six-year term. The…
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Liberia consists mostly of bedrock ( gneiss and granite ), with tertiary sandstone along the coast. The coastline is about 570 kilometers long, and is characterized by a number of lagoons and estuaries, covered by dense mangrove scrub. The low…
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Regional role The neighboring countries of Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast were also thrown into civil wars closely related to the war in Liberia. Several states were directly or indirectly involved in the war in the country. Burkina Faso…
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First Liberian Civil War (1989–1997) In December 1990, Charles Taylor launched an armed uprising with his National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) and threw the country into full civil war. In 1997 he was elected president of the country. After…
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Rubber industry From 1847, Liberia established closer contact with European states. Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom became Liberia’s most important trading partners. Liberia was economically and militarily weak and was threatened by European colonialism. Warfare and widespread corruption…
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The area that constitutes today’s Liberia was formerly inhabited by several different ethnic groups, but relatively little is known about the oldest history. Based on archaeological finds and linguistic studies, it is believed that there have been several periods of…
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In the 1990s, a civil war suffered in Liberia, which caused the economic and social development of an already small developed country to be reversed, with great human losses and material destruction. Much of the economic life was affected, and…
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Liberia’s traditionally close relationship with the United States has characterized foreign policy in the country ever since the country’s origins in the 19th century. The United States expanded its military presence in Liberia during World War II, and during the…
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