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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Armed Forces Revolutionary Council canonical 5

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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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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