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Buchanan in Liberia LIBERIA liberia. buchanan Informations and links Buchanan25 000 hab.  Map Buchanan Photos Buchanan ------------------------------- Buchanan is the second largest port in Liberia, lying on Waterhouse Bay, part of the Atlantic Ocean. Named for James Buchanan, it is also the capital of Grand Bassa and lies east of Monrovia. The town was popular with refugees during the Liberian Civil War as it largely escaped the fighting. Fishing is another important industry in the town. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.) Years of fighting, coupled with the flight of most businesses, have disrupted formal economic activity. A still unsettled domestic security situation has slowed the process of rebuilding the social and economic structure of this war-torn country. President TAYLOR, who won the 1997 presidential elections after an eight-year-long civil war, was never able to fully eliminate rebel groups that sought to oust him by force. Rebel attacks on Monrovia, coupled with two years of UN-imposed sanctions for TAYLOR'S meddling in Sierra Leone's civil war, finally prompted TAYLOR'S abdication from power in August 2003. A transitional government - composed of rebel, government, and civil society groups - assumed control in October 2003. Chairman Gyude BRYANT, who has a two-year mandate to oversee efforts to rebuild Liberia, heads the new government..
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