Peace among warlords: Liberia.(peace accord may end six years of civil war)(Brief Article) From: The Economist (US) | Date: September 9, 1995 | COPYRIGHT 1995 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

SIX years of savage civil war in Liberia have--for now--come to an end. If it sticks, the deal will be a rare and enormous blessing to a place that has had few in the 173 years since it was set up as a home for freed American slaves. But will it?

The deal allows the rival warlords jointly to run the country they have jointly ruined, until--supposedly--elections. Why they agreed is less than plain. There was never any convincing reason for the fighting, and there is today no ...