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 country, Samuel Doe was (15[1])overthrown by Charles Taylor during a 1990s civil war. A former president of this country was expelled from the Unity Party for refusing to (-5[1])endorse Joseph Boakai over a soccer star. In this country, (*) George (10[1])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 (10[1])Society. For 10 points, free African-Americans founded what African country with capital Monrovia? (10[2])■END■

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