Armed Forces Revolutionary Council

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The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council was a military junta in Sierra Leone that seized power in the late 1990s and became a key faction in the country's brutal civil war.

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Label Occurrences
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council canonical 5

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military junta ⓘ
rebel group ⓘ
abbreviation AFRC ⓘ
accusedOf crimes against humanity ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
alliedWith Revolutionary United Front ⓘ
areaOfOperations Sierra Leone ⓘ
cameToPowerBy military coup ⓘ
capitalControlled Freetown ⓘ
chairman Johnny Paul Koroma ⓘ
conflict Sierra Leone Civil War ⓘ
continuedAs rebel faction after 1998 ⓘ
country Sierra Leone ⓘ
dateFormed May 1997 ⓘ
endOfDeFactoRule 1998 ⓘ
formedBy disgruntled soldiers of the Sierra Leone Army ⓘ
goal control of the Sierra Leonean state ⓘ
governmentType military government ⓘ
ideology military rule ⓘ
includedMembersOf Revolutionary United Front ⓘ
Sierra Leone Army ⓘ
knownFor human rights abuses ⓘ
looting and destruction in Freetown ⓘ
use of child soldiers ⓘ
languageOfCommunication English ⓘ
leader Johnny Paul Koroma ⓘ
lostControlOfCapitalIn February 1998 ⓘ
notableEvent 1997 coup in Sierra Leone ⓘ
1999 invasion and fighting in Freetown ⓘ
notRecognizedBy Organization of African Unity ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
opposedBy ECOMOG ⓘ
Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group ⓘ
Government of Sierra Leone ⓘ
oustedBy ECOMOG forces ⓘ
linked to: ECOMOG
overthrewGovernmentOf Ahmad Tejan Kabbah ⓘ
participatedIn Lomé Peace Process ⓘ
primaryOpponents Civil Defence Forces ⓘ
pro-Kabbah forces ⓘ
recognizedBy few foreign governments ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
seizedPowerIn 1997 ⓘ
someLeadersTriedBy Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
timePeriod late 1990s ⓘ
tookControlOf Freetown ⓘ
usedTactics amputation of civilians ⓘ
forced recruitment ⓘ
terror against civilians ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Sierra Leone Civil War → involvedOrganization → Armed Forces Revolutionary Council ⓘ
Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor → supported → Armed Forces Revolutionary Council ⓘ
Civil Defence Forces → opposed → Armed Forces Revolutionary Council ⓘ
Sam Bockarie → associatedWith → Armed Forces Revolutionary Council ⓘ
ECOWAS Mission in Sierra Leone → opposedGroup → Armed Forces Revolutionary Council ⓘ