West African Crisis
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The term West African Crisis refers to four civil wars in West Africa from 1989 to 2007, seeing rebels supported by Gaddafist Libya and Burkina Faso:
- First Liberian Civil War (1989–1997)
- Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002)
- Second Liberian Civil War (1999–2003)
- First Ivorian Civil War (2002–2007)
It can also refer to other events in West Africa:
- 2023 Nigerien coup d'état and subsequent Nigerien crisis (2023–2024)