Regional organizations and the resolution of internal conflict: The ECOWAS intervention in Liberia

For over two years, the ECOWAS intervention in Liberia went through many difficult phases. Finally, on 24 July 1993, ECOWAS was able to negotiate the Cotonou Agreement, with the assistance of the UN and the OAU. By this agreement, the warring factions agreed to a ceasefire, the disarmament and encam... View More