LAW OF ARMED CONFLICTS IN AFRICA: A STUDY OF THE LIBERIAN CIVIL WAR

📄 Project Abstract

This work is on the Law of Armed Conflicts in Africa: A Study of the Liberian Civil War. In the Liberian Civil War, unprecedented war crimes were committed in spite of the existence of the law of armed conflicts. Hence, Liberia is a country with many ethnic groups, dominated by American freed slaves (Americo-Liberians). The Americo-Liberians constitute about seven percent (7%) of the Liberian population, who are still playing major roles in the present-day Liberian politics. The dominated groups differed radically in culture, degree of political cohesion, organization, ability and resolution to resist the domination of the Americo-Liberians and responsiveness to modernization. These ethnic wrangling sparked off the seven - year bloody civil war in Liberia. Therefore, this work is to examine the factors responsible for the violations of the law of armed conflicts in Liberian civil war (1989-1996). Equally, the nature and character of the gross violations of the law will be addressed in ...