LURD

This article is about the specific polity LURD and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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The Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) was a rebel group during the Second Liberian Civil War.

Establishment

April 1999: The Second Liberian Civil War began when a rebel group backed by the government of neighbouring Guinea, the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), emerged in northern Liberia.

Chronology

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1. Liberian Civil Wars

Were two related civil wars in Liberia.

1.1.Second Liberian Civil War

The second Liberian civil war began in 1999 when an armed group called Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) invaded the northern part of Liberia with the support of the neighboring Guinean government.

July 2003: Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) besiege the Liberian capital, Monrovia.

August 2003: By June-July 2003, the forces of Liberian president Charles Taylor controlled only a third of the country.

August 2003: The Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed by the warring parties marking the political end of the Second Liberian Civil War.