Civil Defence Forces

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The Civil Defence Forces were a pro-government militia in Sierra Leone, composed largely of traditional hunters and local defense groups, that fought against rebel factions during the Sierra Leone Civil War.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Civil Defence Forces canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf pro-government militia ⓘ
accusedOf human rights abuses ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
activePeriod 1990s ⓘ
early 2000s ⓘ
alliedWith ECOMOG ⓘ
Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group ⓘ
Sierra Leone Army ⓘ
areaOfOperations eastern Sierra Leone ⓘ
rural Sierra Leone ⓘ
southern Sierra Leone ⓘ
armedConflictType civil war ⓘ
commandStructure loosely organized ⓘ
composition local defense groups ⓘ
traditional hunters ⓘ
conflict Sierra Leone Civil War ⓘ
country Sierra Leone ⓘ
demobilized post-2002 ⓘ
disarmamentProcess Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration programme in Sierra Leone ⓘ
fundingSource Sierra Leone government support ⓘ
local communities ⓘ
goal defend communities from rebel attacks ⓘ
support restoration of elected government ⓘ
ideology pro-government ⓘ
languageOfMembers Krio ⓘ
Mende ⓘ
notableComponent Kamajors ⓘ
notableTrial CDF case at the Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
opposed Armed Forces Revolutionary Council ⓘ
Revolutionary United Front ⓘ
partOf Sierra Leone government-aligned forces ⓘ
recognizedBy Sierra Leone government ⓘ
recruitmentBase Mende communities ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
roleInConflict pro-government force ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subjectOf Special Court for Sierra Leone proceedings ⓘ
supportedBy Sierra Leone civilian population ⓘ
trainingBackground traditional hunting practices ⓘ
typeOfOrganization ethnically-influenced militia ⓘ
usedChildSoldiers true ⓘ
usedTypeOfWarfare guerrilla tactics ⓘ
irregular warfare ⓘ
usedWeapons machetes ⓘ
shotguns ⓘ
small arms ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sierra Leone Civil War → belligerent → Civil Defence Forces ⓘ
Sierra Leone Civil War → involvedOrganization → Civil Defence Forces ⓘ
Lomé Peace Agreement → party → Civil Defence Forces ⓘ
Hinga Norman → leaderOf → Civil Defence Forces ⓘ