Daga 1989 zuwa 2003, Liberia ta shiga cikin yakin basasa. A shekara ta 2000, Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta zargi shugaban Liberia Charles G. Taylor da goyon bayan juyin juya halin juyin juya halin juyin juya hali (RUF) a makwabciyar Sierra Leone tare da makamai da horo don musayar lu'u-lu'u. A shekara ta 2001, Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta sanya takunkumi kan cinikin lu'u-lu'u na Liberia. A watan Agusta 2003, Taylor ya sauka a matsayin shugaban kasa kuma, bayan da aka yi hijira zuwa Najeriya, ya fuskanci shari'a a Hague. A ranar 21 ga Yuli, 2006, ya yi ikirarin cewa ba shi da laifi ga laifukan da aka yi wa bil'adama da laifukan yaki, wanda aka same shi da laifi a watan Afrilu 2012. A ranar 30 ga Mayu, 2012, ya fara hukuncin shekaru 50 a kurkuku mai tsananin tsaro a Burtaniya. A kusan lokacin fashewar bama-bamai na ofishin jakadancin Amurka na 1998, al-Qaeda ta sayi duwatsu masu daraja daga Liberia kamar yadda wasu daga cikin dukiyarta na kudi suka yi. Bayan sake samun zaman lafiya, gwamnatin Liberia ta yi
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