Part of the aftermath of the First Liberian Civil War
The bodies of Krahn civilians that were massacred by government forces during or after the clashes in Monrovia.
Date
February–September 1998
Location
Monrovia, Liberia
Result
Partial victory of Charles Taylor
Monrovia purged of Roosevelt Johnson's followers
Mass killings of Krahn, which contribute to the Second Liberian Civil War's outbreak
Belligerents
Liberian government (Taylor loyalists)
Johnson's forces (ex-ULIMO-J) Limited involvement: Nigeria United States
Commanders and leaders
Charles Taylor Benjamin Yeaten Chucky Taylor
Roosevelt Johnson
Units involved
Special Security Service (SSS)
Executive Mansion Special Security Unit (EMSSU)
Liberian National Police
Special Operation Division (SOD)[1]
Krahn fighters Nigerian ECOMOG peacekeepers U.S. embassy guards
Strength
Hundreds
Johnson's forces: Hundreds
Casualties and losses
Unknown, several killed
c. 300 killed[2] 2 WIA[3]
Dozens of civilians killed during the clashes, hundreds massacred afterwards[1][4]
The Monrovia clashes in 1998 were the result of Liberian President Charles Taylor's attempts to violently eliminate one of his last domestic political opponents, Roosevelt Johnson, a former warlord. At the time, Johnson still lived with a small loyal militia in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. After some minor armed altercations, almost all of Johnson's followers were finally killed by Taylor's security forces during a major firefight in September 1998, though Johnson himself managed to flee into the United States embassy. After one last attempt by Taylor's paramilitaries to kill him there, causing a major diplomatic incident, Johnson was evacuated to Ghana. Although the clashes were effectively a political victory for Taylor as he had removed Johnson from Liberia, the mass killings of ethnic Krahn after the clashes contributed to the outbreak of the Second Liberian Civil War which saw the president being toppled.
^ abE. Barchue Lloyd. "An Eyewitness Account Of The September 18 Massacre". The Perspective. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
^Dwyer 2015, p. 113.
^Corsun 1998, p. 29.
^Dwyer 2015, pp. 113, 114.
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