Round 3: Tossup 4

A president of this country violated a UN embargo by smuggling weapons to a (emphasize) nearby country’s Revolutionary United Front. In this (15[1])country, Samuel (-5[1])Doe was overthrown (15[1])by (15[1])Charles Taylor during (15[1])a (15[1])1990s civil war. A former president of this country was expelled from the Unity Party for refusing to endorse Joseph Boakai over a soccer star. In this country, (*) George Weah succeeded the first female head of state in Africa, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The True Whig Party long governed this country, whose existence was advocated by the American Colonization Society. For 10 points, free African-Americans founded what African country with capital Monrovia? ■END■

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