Liberia: Last Liberia Sanctions, Vestige of Civil War, Are Lifted

May 25, 2016 | Somini Sengupta, New York Times
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More than a decade after the end of Liberia’s last civil war, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to lift the remaining sanctions against the West African country, enabling it buy arms on the global market and ushering in a new era of normalcy for a long-brutalized land.