Guinea-Bissau Civil War

Target entity: Guinea-Bissau Civil War
Context triple: [ECOWAS Monitoring Group, conflict, Guinea-Bissau Civil War]

• A. Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
  The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence was an armed anti-colonial struggle (1963–1974) in which the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde fought Portuguese rule, ultimately leading to Guinea-Bissau’s independence.
• B. Casamance conflict
  The Casamance conflict is a long-running low-intensity separatist insurgency in southern Senegal, where rebels have sought independence from the central government since the early 1980s.
• C. Sierra Leone Civil War
  The Sierra Leone Civil War was a brutal conflict from 1991 to 2002 marked by widespread atrocities, including mass amputations and the use of child soldiers, largely fueled by struggles over the country’s diamond resources.
• D. Angolan Civil War
  The Angolan Civil War was a protracted Cold War–era conflict in Angola (1975–2002) involving rival liberation movements and extensive foreign intervention, including Cuban, Soviet, South African, and U.S. support to opposing sides.
• E. Mozambican Civil War
  The Mozambican Civil War was a protracted and devastating conflict from 1977 to 1992 between the FRELIMO-led government and the RENAMO insurgency, marked by widespread atrocities, displacement, and the destruction of Mozambique’s post-independence economy and infrastructure.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Guinea-Bissau Civil War
Target entity description: The Guinea-Bissau Civil War was a 1998–1999 internal armed conflict in Guinea-Bissau between government forces and a military junta that led to significant political instability and the eventual overthrow of President João Bernardo Vieira.

• A. Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
  The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence was an armed anti-colonial struggle (1963–1974) in which the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde fought Portuguese rule, ultimately leading to Guinea-Bissau’s independence.
• B. Casamance conflict
  The Casamance conflict is a long-running low-intensity separatist insurgency in southern Senegal, where rebels have sought independence from the central government since the early 1980s.
• C. Sierra Leone Civil War
  The Sierra Leone Civil War was a brutal conflict from 1991 to 2002 marked by widespread atrocities, including mass amputations and the use of child soldiers, largely fueled by struggles over the country’s diamond resources.
• D. Angolan Civil War
  The Angolan Civil War was a protracted Cold War–era conflict in Angola (1975–2002) involving rival liberation movements and extensive foreign intervention, including Cuban, Soviet, South African, and U.S. support to opposing sides.
• E. Mozambican Civil War
  The Mozambican Civil War was a protracted and devastating conflict from 1977 to 1992 between the FRELIMO-led government and the RENAMO insurgency, marked by widespread atrocities, displacement, and the destruction of Mozambique’s post-independence economy and infrastructure.
• F. None of above. chosen