Monrovia (/mənˈroʊviə/) is the capital and largest city of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the...
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University of Liberia (UL or LU in older versions of abbreviation) is a publicly funded institution of higher learning located in Monrovia, Liberia. Authorized...
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country's ethnic and cultural diversity. The capital and largest city is Monrovia. Liberia began in the early 19th century as a project of the American Colonization...
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Republic of Liberia, Year Ending December 31, 1978. Monrovia: Government of Liberia. p. 21. Nelson 1984, p. 274. Ministry of National Defense (Liberia), Armed...
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control of the capital city, Monrovia and against the Armed Forces of Liberia and pro-Doe United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy. Peace negotiations...
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invaded northern Liberia in April 1999. LURD made gradual gains against Taylor in the north and began approaching the capital Monrovia by early 2002. The...
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Rights in Liberia (1900-2009): Challenges and Prospects for Traditional Settlers". Liberian Studies Journal. 34 (1). Monrovia, Liberia: Liberian Studies...
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Commonwealth of Liberia. Monrovia was named the capital. By 1842, four of the other American settlements[which?] were incorporated into Liberia, and the fifth[clarification...
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The Liberia Football Association is the governing body of football in Liberia. Its offices are located at Antoinette Tubman Stadium in Monrovia. Mighty...
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(sometimes Paynesward) is a suburb east of Monrovia, Liberia. It is geographically larger than the city of Monrovia. It is expanding eastward along the Robertsfield...
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The siege of Monrovia or Fourth Battle of Monrovia, which occurred in Monrovia, Liberia between July 18 and August 14, 2003, was a major military confrontation...
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history." Taylor was born in Arthington, a town near the capital of Monrovia, Liberia, on 28 January 1948, to Nelson and Yassa Zoe (Louise) Taylor. He attended...
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Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with scheduled stopovers at Dakar, Senegal and Monrovia, Liberia. On 29 August 1960, around 06:50, the aircraft crashed into the Atlantic...
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Americo-Liberians belonged to the Masonic Order of Liberia which was established in 1867 and based in the Grand Masonic Temple in Monrovia. In Liberia, particularly...
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Roberts International Airport (redirect from Monrovia Airport)
operated by Pan American under contract with the Republic of Liberia's Ministry of Transport. Monrovia was consistently a key link in Pan American's African...
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George Weah (category Footballers from Monrovia)
George Manneh Oppong Weah was born on 1 October 1966 in Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia, and was raised in Clara Town, a slum in the city. He is...
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Gyude Bryant (category Politicians from Monrovia)
immunity. As he was being taken to a prison in Monrovia, he said: "This is a very, very dark day for Liberia. This is the reward we get for restoring peace...
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Paynesville, outside Monrovia became inaccessible from Monrovia. Upon the arrival of the West African peace keeping mission, ECOMOG, to Liberia in 1990, The Force...
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in a game in Monrovia, Liberia lost to Ghana by a score of 0–4. On 27 February in a game in Accra, Liberia lost to Ghana 0–7. Liberia's international...
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General Butt Naked (category Military history of Liberia)
Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) before converting to Christianity and becoming a pastor in 1996. Born in the Liberian capital of Monrovia to a Krahn...
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Miatta Fahnbulleh (singer) (category Musicians from Monrovia)
in Monrovia, Fahnbulleh is the daughter of Liberian politician and diplomat H. Boimah Fahnbulleh, Sr. and women's advocate and one-time Liberia's Goodwill...
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malaria—and is buried in Monrovia. He is the namesake of Buchanan, Liberia, the seat of Grand Bassa County. "Buchanan, Liberia". Encyclopedia Britannica...
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and transformed the capital, Monrovia, by building a deep water port (the Freeport of Monrovia). In early 1942 the Liberian government granted the U.S....
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Greater Monrovia is one of four districts located in Montserrado County, Liberia. It contains the country's capital Monrovia. It recorded a population...
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Samuel Doe (category National Democratic Party of Liberia politicians)
Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Monrovia, Doe's former justice minister, Councillor Chea Cheapoo — who contested the 2011 Liberia Presidential elections — alleged...
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts (category Agents and Governors of Liberia)
wife's death, Roberts married again, to Jane Rose Waring, in 1836 in Monrovia, Liberia. She was a daughter of Colston Waring and Harriet Graves, other Virginians...
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Montserrado County (redirect from Montserrado County, Liberia)
northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia containing its national capital, Monrovia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level...
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during the First Liberian Civil War.[citation needed] In August 2008, before a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Monrovia, Doe's former justice...
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of Liberia Mass Action for Peace is a peace movement started in 2003 by women in Monrovia, Liberia, Africa, that worked to end the Second Liberian Civil...
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of Monrovia is the main commercial port facility in the West African nation of Liberia. It was artificially created on Bushrod Island near Monrovia in...
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