Liberia

Accords of the Liberian conflict

The Liberian peace process 1990-1996
Oct 1996

Chronology of events: Accord Liberia

The Liberian peace process 1990-1996
Oct 1996

Commentary on the accords

The Liberian peace process 1990-1996
Oct 1996
Charles Abiodun Alao provides a commentary on three phases of ECOWAS-orchestrated diplomatic initiatives (the pre-Cotonou accords, the Cotonou Accord, post-Cotonou accords), highlighting shortfalls common to all the accords.

Civic initiatives in the peace process

The Liberian peace process 1990-1996
Oct 1996
Samuel Kofi Woods II considers the impact of civil society initiatives on the Liberian peace process, arguing that peace can only be assured by resisting trends towards militarisation and strengthening the role of civic groups in Liberian society.

Bringing peace to Liberia

The Liberian peace process 1990-1996
Oct 1996
Max Ahmadu Sesay provides an in-depth analysis of the Liberian conflict and peace process, including an assessment of the difficulties faced in reaching workable accords.

Preface: Accord Liberia

The Liberian peace process 1990-1996
Oct 1996
Andy Carl and Jeremy Armon introduce the first issue of Accord and review the factors shaping Liberia’s experience, namely the economics of war, the erosion of civilian power and the incoherence of international peacekeeping.

Samuel Kofi Woods II

Samuel Kofi Woods, II is national director of the Justice and Peace Commission established in Monrovia in November 1991 by the Catholic Church of Liberia. He received the 1994 Reebok human rights award. He was evacuated from Liberia in April 1996 with assistance from numerous international organisations. He has since been prominent in initiating campaigns for the restoration of peace in Liberia.

Max Ahmadu Sesay

Max Ahmadu Sesay holds a PhD in international relations from the University of Southampton, UK (1993). He taught at the universities of Sierra Leone and Southampton in 1989/90 and 1992/93 respectively. He is a research fellow and lecturer at Staffordshire University. His research interests include war, development and regional security in Africa. He is author of several scholarly articles on Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Charles Abiodun Alao

Charles Abiodun Alao is a lecturer at the Department of War Studies at King's College, University of London. He completed his PhD as a Ford Scholar at King's College in 1992. He is author of African Conflicts: The Future Without the Cold War (London: Brassey Publishers, 1993) and Brothers at War: Dissidence and Rebellion in Southern Africa (London: British Academic Press, 1994).

Liberia

Liberia, Africa’s oldest republic, became better known in the 1990s for its bloody civil war that had killed more than 200,000 people by 1996. 

Accord 1 documents the lengthy and fractious 1990–1996 peace process and explores why 13 separate peace accords collapsed in half as many years.

Authors analyse the impact of economic forces and the erosion of civilian power on the conflict, as well as outlining and assessing the successes and failures of local peace initiatives and international interventions.

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