Bloody assassinations of prominent African leaders that were caught on camera

William R. Tolbert

William R. Tolbert was a former civil servant turned vice-president. On July 23, 1971, he became the 20^th president of Liberia.

Tolbert was heavily accused of doing little to quell the strife between indigenous Liberians and Americo-Liberians; former slaves who emigrated to Liberia during the Liberian Exodus.

On April 12, 1980. Servicemen with the Armed Forces of Liberia enacted a coup. Samuel Doe led the group.