AFRC junta

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The AFRC junta was a military regime in Sierra Leone formed by mutinous soldiers that briefly seized power in the late 1990s and became notorious for its brutality and involvement in the country’s civil war.

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AFRC junta canonical 1
Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military junta ⓘ
military regime ⓘ
associatedWith crimes against humanity ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
capitalControlled Freetown ⓘ
characterizedBy brutality ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
involvement in civil war ⓘ
conflict Sierra Leone Civil War ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Sierra Leone ⓘ
formedBy mutinous soldiers ⓘ
governanceType military dictatorship ⓘ
governedTerritory parts of Sierra Leone ⓘ
ideology military rule ⓘ
impactOnCountry prolongation of the Sierra Leone Civil War ⓘ
impactOnPopulation mass displacement of civilians ⓘ
notableFor alliances with rebel forces ⓘ
disruption of democratic governance in Sierra Leone ⓘ
widespread violence against civilians ⓘ
opposedBy international community ⓘ
regional peacekeeping forces ⓘ
opposedGovernmentOf Ahmad Tejan Kabbah ⓘ
politicalSystem authoritarian rule ⓘ
resultedIn further destabilization of Sierra Leone ⓘ
international condemnation ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
timePeriod late 1990s ⓘ
tookPowerBy military coup ⓘ
usedMethod military force to maintain power ⓘ

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