 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1980, kusagadzikana kwezvematongerwo enyika kubva pakutonga kwaWilliam R. Tolbert kwakakonzera kudonha kwemauto panguva iyo Tolbert akaurayiwa, zvichiratidza kupera kwehutongi hweAmerico-Liberian munyika uye kutanga kwemakumi maviri emakore ekushomeka kwezvematongerwo enyika. Makore mashanu ehurumende yechiuto nePeoples Redemption Council uye makore mashanu ehurumende yehurumende neNational Democratic Party yeLiberia yakateverwa neFirstuye Hondo yechipiri yevagari vomuLiberia. Izvi zvakaguma norufu rwavanhu 250 000 inenge 8 yavagari vemo uye kudzingwa kwavamwe vakawanda, neupfumi hweLiberia huchiderera ne90. Chibvumirano chorugare muna 2003 chakatungamirira kusarudzo dzedemokrasi muna 2005, umo Ellen Johnson Sirleaf akasarudzwa kuva purezidhendi, achiita nhoroondo somutungamiri wechikadzi wokutanga mukondinendi yacho. Zvivakwa zvemunyika nemabasa ekutanga ezvemagariro zvakakanganiswa zvakanyanya nemakakatanwa pamwe nekupararira kwehutachiona hweEbola muna 2013 na2016, ne83 yevagari vaigara pasi pehupfumi hwepasi rose kubva muna 2015. 