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A war-torn country in the west coast of Africa, neighbouring Sierra Leone. Like its neighbour, it was settled as a colony for freed slaves, but this time from America. Thus the capital is named Monrovia, in honour of James Monroe whose plans helped the idea of resettlement back in Africa come to exist. The freed slaves were not particularly friendly towards the native Liberians, in fact they treated them as they had once been when enslaved. Such divisions between the settlers and the natives cause Samuel K. Doe to lead a coup against the then government of Liberia in The Eighties. This led to a a long and vicious civil war sparking off war in neighbouring Sierra Leone. Notable for introducing Africa's first ever female President, Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Alongside Ethiopia, it is the only country on the continent not to be colonised by Europeans and has a unique relationship tie with America because of the former American Colonization Society.
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