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A major factor behind Liberia's 14 year civil war, which ended in 2003, was discontent with the role that state institutions, including the justice system, played to foster the social, political, and economic marginalization of a majority of the country’s population. USIP's programming in Liberia is centered around building the justice system through prorgams that target not only formal justice institutions, but also local legal practices and perceptions of justice. |
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Sudan faces challenges on many fronts, among them an ongoing conflict in Darfur, a fragile Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the north and south that ended decades of civil war, and upcoming nationwide elections at every level of government in 2010 (the first elections since 1986). The US Institute of Peace is engaging all of these issues in an effort to help build a more stable Sudan.
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