Other resources

Liberian news sources

All about Liberia http://www.allaboutliberia.com/news.htm

Liberia Orbit http://www.liberiaorbit.org/

New Democrat http://www.newdemocrat.org/

The Perspective http://www.theperspective.org/

Liberia Post http://www.liberianews.com/

allAfrica.com News http://allafrica.com/liberia/

Relief Web http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLCE/West+Africa?OpenDocument&StartKey=West+Africa&ExpandView

Links to other Liberia Websites

http://www.theperspective.org/websites.html

Liberian organisations

Liberians United For Reconciliation And Democracy (LURD) http://www.copla.org/aboutlurd.htm

Republic of Liberia Contemporees United Patriotic & Strong http://www.republicofliberia.com/

Measuagoon http://www.measuagoon.freeserve.co.uk/

Liberian Immigrant Community Leadership Initiative http://www.lsmnj.org/ProgServ/ComOutrServ/ImmigRef/RefGiftGiv/Liberiancomm/body_liberiancomm.html

Friends of Liberia http://www.fol.org/

Embassy of the Republic of Liberia, Washington DC http://www.liberiaemb.org/

Ministry of Information, Republic of Liberia http://www.micat.gov.lr/

Other documents on the Web

Annotated Guide to Internet Resources on Liberia http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/liberia.html

INCORE guide to internet sources on conflict in Liberia http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/liberia.html

Law Library of Congress Country Studies http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/liberia.html

Constitution of the Commonwealth of Liberia, 1839 http://www.toptags.com/aama/docs/libcon.htm

UNHCR Country of Origin Legal Information http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rsd

Kamara, T. (2003) 'Liberia: Civil War and Regional Conflict' WRITENET Country Paper No. 17 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rsd?search=coi&source=WRITENET

Carver, R. (1994) 'Liberia: What Hope for Peace?' WRITENET Country Papers http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rsd?search=coi&source=WRITENET

Kamara, T. (1999) 'Liberia: Can Peace Be Consolidated?' WRITENET Paper No.13 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rsd?search=coi&source=WRITENET

Crisp, J. (2001) 'The WHALE: Wisdom We Have Acquired from the Liberia Experience' EPAU Evaluation Report, UNHCR http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?tbl=RESEARCH&id=3b30a9ee4&page=research

Non-electronic resources and bibliography

Aning, E. (1999) 'Eliciting Compliance from Warlords: The ECOWAS Experience in Liberia, 1990-1997',Review of African Political Economy,Review of African Political Economy, 81:335-348.

Aning, E. (1996) 'Ghana, ECOWAS and the Liberian Crisis: An Analysis of Ghana's Role in Liberia',Liberian Studies Journal,Liberian Studies Journal, 21(2):259-299.

Berkeley, B. (2001) 'The Rebel' and 'The Assistant Secretary' inThe Graves Are Not Yet Full: Race, Tribe and Power in the Heart of Africa,The Graves Are Not Yet Full: Race, Tribe and Power in the Heart of Africa, New York: Basic Books.

Boley, G. (1983)Liberia: The Rise and Fall of the First Republic,Liberia: The Rise and Fall of the First Republic, MacMillan, USA.

Clapham, C. (1982) 'The Politics of Failure: Clientelism, Political Instability and National Integration in Liberian and Sierra Leone', in Clapham, C. (ed.)Private Patronage and Public Power: Political Clientelism in the Modern State,Private Patronage and Public Power: Political Clientelism in the Modern State, London, Frances Printer.

Dick, S. and Boer, W. (2001) 'The Spirits are Angry: Liberia's Secret Cults in the Service of Civil War',Books and Culture,Books and Culture, 7(1):26-27.

Ellis, S. (1995) 'Liberia 1989-1994, A Study of Ethnic and Spiritual Violence',African Affairs,African Affairs, 94:165-197.

Ellis, S. (1999)The Mask of Anarchy: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War,The Mask of Anarchy: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War, London, Hurst and Company.

Gifford, P. (1993)Christianity and Politics in Doe's Liberia,Christianity and Politics in Doe's Liberia, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

Harris, D. (1999) 'From "Warlord" to "Democratic" President: How Charles Taylor Won the 1997 Liberian Elections'The Journal of Modern African Studies,The Journal of Modern African Studies, 37(3):431-455.

Horton, S. (1994)Liberia's Underdevelopment In Spite of the Struggle: A Personal Analysis of the Underlying Reasons for Liberia's Underdevelopment,Liberia's Underdevelopment In Spite of the Struggle: A Personal Analysis of the Underlying Reasons for Liberia's Underdevelopment, London, University Press of America.

Huband, M. (1998)The Liberian Civil War,The Liberian Civil War, London, Frank Class.

Kaplan, R. (1994) 'The Coming Anarchy',The Atlantic Monthly.The Atlantic Monthly.

Liebenow, J. G. (1969)Liberia: The Evolution of Privilege,Liberia: The Evolution of Privilege, New York, Cornell University Press.

Outram, Q. (1997) ' "It's Terminal Either Way": An Analysis of Armed Conflict in Liberia, 1989-1996',Review of African Political Economy,Review of African Political Economy, 73:355-371.

Reno, W. (1996) 'The Business of War in Liberia',Current History,Current History, 95:211-215.

Reno, W. (1995) 'Reinvention of African Patrimonial State: Charles Taylor's Liberia',Third World Quarterly,Third World Quarterly, 16(1):109-120.

Richards, P. (1996)Fighting for the Rain Forest: War, Youth and Resources in Sierra Leone,Fighting for the Rain Forest: War, Youth and Resources in Sierra Leone, London, Villiers Publishing.

Sanneh, L. (1999) 'American Colonisation and the Founding of Liberia',Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa,Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa, Harvard, Harvard University Press.

Sawyer, A. (1992)The Emergence of Autocracy in Liberia: Tragedy and Challenge,The Emergence of Autocracy in Liberia: Tragedy and Challenge, California, Institute of Contemporary Studies Press.

Scott, C. (1998) 'Liberia: A Nation Displaced,' in Cohen, R. and Deng, F. (eds)The Forsaken People: Case Studies of the Internally Displaced,The Forsaken People: Case Studies of the Internally Displaced, Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution.

Sesay, M. (1996a) 'Civil War and Collective Intervention in Liberia',Review of African Political Economy,Review of African Political Economy, 67:35-52.

Sesay, M. (1996b) 'Politics and Society in Post-War Liberia',The Journal of Modern African Studies,The Journal of Modern African Studies, 34(3):395-420.