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Distro - Liberian Elections. 1997 

Chris Steele-Perkins 

Seven years of fighting in Liberia's bloody civil war which killed over 150,000 people, was brought to a successful conclusion by the West African peacekeeping force, ECOMOG, who presided over a very orderly and professional election on 19 July.

The electorate gave a landslide victory to the leading Warlord, Charles Taylor. To the outsider this seems a strange chioce as his main rival, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf seemed the best equipped to lead the country, and the figure with clean hands. However when supporters of Taylor take to the streets chanting ' He killed my father, he killed my mother,... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Monrovia. M.S.F feeding centre. 1997. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

LIBERIA. Monrovia. Waiting in the line to vote. 1997. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Monrovia. ECOMOG soldiers help voters at a polling station. 1997.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Monrovia. Dancing outside Charles TAYLOR'S headquarters. 1997.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

LIBERIA. Monrovia. Squatters, displaced during the years of fighting,... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

LIBERIA. Squatters platting hair. 1997. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Monrovia. Selling teddy in street market. 1997. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Monrovia. Displaced family, squatting in a high rise building.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

LIBERIA. Monrovia. Charles TAYLOR as the election results are... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

ECOMOG soldier guards presidential candidate Ellen JOHNSON SURLEAF.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Displaced children queue for food handout from politician. 1997.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Monrovia. Selling food on the street. 1997. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

LIBERIA. Monrovia. ECOMOG soldier controls election rally for... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Monrovia. Martial arts demo at Charles TAYLOR'S rally. 1997. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Monrovia. Policemen being disciplined. 1997. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

M.S.F feeding centre, health education. 1997. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Monrovia. ECOMOG Force Commander Malu, Nigerian General, checking... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Monrovia. M.S.F feeding centre - fixing identity tag. 1997. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

'Village' for displaced people as a result of years of fighting.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Boy with spaceship stenciled on his head. 1997. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

ECOMOG soldiers man a roadblock. 1997. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

LIBERIA. Peacekeeping ECOMOG soldiers at Senegal checkpoint.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Monrovia. ECOMOG soldiers help voters at a polling station. 1997.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

LIBERIA. Supporters of Charles TAYLOR. 1997. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Supporters of Presidential candidate Ellen JOHNSON-SIRLEAF. 1997.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

Monrovia. Displaced family, squatting in a high rise building.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1997

MONROVIA. Charles TAYLOR as the election results are announced... 
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