Second Liberian Civil War

Part of the

Liberian government soldiers fighting in the Old Bridge in Monrovia.

Date

21 April 1999 – 18 August 2003
(4 years, 3 months and 4 weeks)

Location

Result

Belligerents

Rebel groups:

Supported by:
Sierra Leone
Guinea
United Kingdom

Commanders and leaders

Casualties and losses

150,000–300,000 people killed

Rebel groups:

Supported by:
Sierra Leone
Guinea
United Kingdom

The Second Liberian Civil War began in 1999 when a rebel group backed by the government of neighbouring Guinea, the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), emerged in northern Liberia. In early 2003, a second rebel group, the Movement for Democracy in Liberia, emerged in the south, and by June–July 2003, Charles Taylor's government controlled only a third of the country.