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	General News of Tuesday, 18 November 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, was our formal response to the existing run of anti-constitution coup governments and their continuities in Ghana between 24th February 1966 and June 3rd 1979 which by the laws of Ghana then and now are illegal.
		On that basis, we were able to limit capital punishment to the Armed Forces personnel who served on the ruling councils as superior officers with the ultimate responsibility for all the anti-constitution coup governments and their continuities since 1966: NLC; NRC; SMCI and SMCII.
		The AFRC may be commended for its nationalist commitment in pursuit of clear objectives with professionalism and honour in sticking to its declared intentions and time-table with one week to spare.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/regional/artikel.php?ID=46866 (6388 words)

	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) was a group of Sierra Leone soldiers that allied itself with the rebel Revolutionary United Front in the late 1990s.
		While the AFRC briefly controlled the country in 1998, it was driven from the capital by a coalition of West African troops.
		The AFRC was formed by Major Johnny Paul Koroma of the Sierra Leonean military in 1997, who used it to carry out a coup d'etat against the government of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armed_Forces_Revolutionary_Council (451 words)

	RNW: Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Not many of the AFRC fighters in the bush are able to express in English the conditions that must be fulfilled for them to report en masse to reception centres.
		Some AFRC men assert that the government has already spent large sums to train them so it would be much easier and cheaper to reintegrate them in the armed forces.
		Another AFRC leader boasts that he was the operation commander of the forces that invaded Freetown on January 6, 1999.
	www.radionetherlands.nl /features/humanrights/afrc.html (821 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Sierra Leone: The balance of forces
		The mandate of the UN force is to "stabilise" the situation, so it has the powers to shoot back and use force, but in a battle at Masiaka, 220 Nigerian and Guinean soldiers were outgunned.
		Armed with only light weapons, they were forced to withdraw when their ammunition ran out.
		Aside from the UN, the forces facing the RUF are the Sierra Leonean Army (SLA) - which is currently allied with the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) headed by former military ruler Johnny Paul Koroma - and civil defence forces including the Kamajors, militiamen originally from a tribe of hunters.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/743718.stm (787 words)

	Summary Programme Information
		In this regard government is committed to the complete disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of an estimated 45,000 combatants of the Armed Forces of Sierra Leone (AFSL), Revolutionary United Front (RUF), Civil Defence Forces (CDF) and Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC).
		Thus, the alliance between the AFRC and RUF was formalised.
		The second phase of the DDRP is framed in the Lomé Peace Agreement and is the representation of the renewed efforts of the Government, fighting parties and international community to bring lasting peace to a war-torn society.
	www.worldbank.org /afr/afth2/crrp/govtsummary.html (4832 words)

	1997 Human Rights Reports: Sierra Leone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The AFRC immediately suspended the Constitution, banned political parties and all public demonstrations and meetings, and announced that all legislation would be made by military decree.
		His arms were tied with rope, and he was put in the truck of a car belonging to an AFRC leader.
		On December 9 and 10, AFRC and RUF forces launched attacks on Kamajoh strongholds in of Joru and Gorahun villages in Kenema District and Sonoshun, Fairo and Dia villages in Pujehun District.
	www.usemb.se /human/human97/sierrale.html (10435 words)

	Resource Information Center Sierra Leone: Background information on the Republic of Sierra Leone Military Force (RSLMF) ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Republic of Sierra Leone Military Force (RSLMF) is the national army responsible for external defense; however, during the civil war, the RSLMF and the police force provided internal security.
		The coup was led by Major Johnny Paul Koromah, an army officer, under the umbrella of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), which is composed of members of the RSLMF and a majority portion of the RUF (now also referred to as the People's Army).
		The AFRC accused President Kabbah of humiliating the army, inciting tribalism, and blocking peace negotiations with the RUF (RIC Apr. 1998, 5).
	uscis.gov /graphics/services/asylum/ric/documentation/SLE00001.htm (1271 words)

	Sierra Leone: 1998 - a year of atrocities against civilians
		The ECOMOG force in Sierra Leone is generally considered by the international community and within Sierra Leone to be disciplined and its intervention in February 1998 was welcomed by the majority of Sierra Leoneans.
		As the rebel forces were pursued eastwards by ECOMOG forces through towns such as Bo in Southern Province, Kenema and Koidu in Eastern Province and Makeni in Northern Province during February, March and April 1998, they were responsible for widespread killings, torture and ill-treatment, including rape and other forms of sexual assault, and abduction.
		When the AFRC and RUF were forced by ECOMOG from Freetown in mid-February 1998 many of these children, some of whom had been responsible for killings and torture, were identified as members of the RUF and risked revenge attacks by civilians, placing their safety and lives in jeopardy.
	www.amnestyusa.org /regions/africa/document.do?id=7C9ACF452FC324B48025690000692C36 (20173 words)

	Africa - "Killer" Bills and Decrees
		The Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC), led by Major Johnny Paul Koroma who had been awaiting trial at Pademba Road Prison on charges of treason for his involvement in an alleged coup attempt in April 1997, was formed and the RUF immediately became its ally.
		To garner the media's support, the AFRC claimed that one of the reasons they seized power was the "inhuman press bill" proposed by the Parliament and cited the Kabbah government's disrespect for press freedom.
		The AFRC was surprised by the blistering condemnation that was unleashed by the media against the coup d'etat.
	www.ilhr.org /ilhr/reports/killerbills/afrc.html (1401 words)

	Official Web Site for the Judicial Service of the Republic of Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Provision is also made for the establishment of a Judicial Council, which shall advise the Chief Justice in the performance of his administrative functions and other functions as provided by the Constitution or by any other law.
		The Courts: Decree are to have the force of Acts, and any enactment or rule of law in force in Ghana immediately in force before 13/l/72 "shall continue in force." Para 4 rouins the Courts, the Judicial Service, the Judicial Council and the Rules of Court Committee until rectified by subsequent decrees,.
		The National Redemption Council comprises, Members of the SMC, Commissioners of State appointed by the Chairman of the SMC on the advice of the SMC; and, the Commander for the First and Infantry Brigades with Chairman of the SMC as the Chairman of the NRC, Head of State and Commander of the Armed Forces.
	www.judicial.gov.gh /history/history_dev_court_after/home.htm (2354 words)

	Welcome to the Republic of Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A person who before the coming into force of this Constitution would have been required under the law in force to vacate his office at the expiration of a period of service shall, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, vacate his office at the expiration of that period.
		A reference to the Provisional National Defence Council in any enactment in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution, where the reference relates to an executive function of the Council shall be construed as a reference to the President.
		A reference to the Provisional National Defence Council in any enactment in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution, where the reference relates to the making of a statutory instrument, shall be construed as a reference to the President or to any Minister or authority designated by the President.
	www.ghana.gov.gh /living/constitution/firstschedule.php (2413 words)

	Real IRA
		Although they were aware of the importance of the party as an essential stage in the revolutionary process, they stressed the importance of political organization and political awareness among the “maturing” working class, thereby reversing the Leninist relationship between party and class.
		The Revolutionary Organization 17 November, based in Greece, was one of the most active terrorist groups in Western Europe in the 1980’s.
		Formed in 1971, the ELA is a self-described revolutionary, anti-capitalist, and anti-imperialist group, which has declared its opposition to "imperialist domination, exploitation, and oppression." The ELA is strongly anti-United States and seeks the removal of US military forces from Greece.
	www.eyespymag.com /terrorgroupsR.htm (3285 words)

	Amnesty International 1999 Annual Report on Sierra Leone (the Republic of)
		The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (afrc) continued to detain prisoners of conscience without charge or trial and was responsible for torture and extrajudicial executions.
		Following their removal from power and throughout the rest of the year, afrc and ruf forces embarked on a systematic campaign of killing, rape, mutilation, abduction and destruction in the east and north of the country.
		Before the afrc and ruf were removed from power, Amnesty International repeatedly appealed for the release of prisoners of conscience and an end to detention without charge or trial, torture and ill-treatment, and extrajudicial executions.
	www.amnesty.org /ailib/aireport/ar99/afr51.htm (2264 words)

	Amnesty International 1998 Annual Report on Sierra Leone (the Republic of)
		Armed opposition groups were responsible for deliberate and arbitrary killings and torture.
		The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) which took power was subsequently joined by the armed opposition Revolutionary United Front (RUF) which had fought government forces for five years until a peace agreement in November 1996.
		The AFRC was headed by Lieutenant- Colonel (formerly Major) Johnny Paul Koroma who, with hundreds of other prisoners, was freed from the Central Prison, Pademba Road, in Freetown, on the day of the coup.
	amnesty.org /ailib/aireport/ar98/afr51.htm (2642 words)

	CNN - More West African soldiers join Nigerians in Sierra Leone - May 31, 1997
		The coup's self-described Armed Forces Revolutionary Council confirmed Saturday that it sent a civilian delegation to talks with ECOWAS officials.
		The largely Nigerian peacekeeping force was supplemented Friday night by two planeloads of Liberian troops equipped with rocket-propelled grenade launchers, bombs, automatic rifles and tanks.
		In the midst of so many unpromising developments, the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council announced that the central bank, which was gutted Sunday during the coup, would pay salaries to Sierra Leone's soldiers next week.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9705/31/sierra.leone (777 words)

	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2000 - Sierra Leone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There were reports that government and ECOMOG forces operating in support of the Government committed extrajudicial killings and reportedly summarily executed suspected rebels and their collaborators.
		There were reports in the first half of the year that both SLA and CDF forces summarily executed suspected rebels and rebel collaborators; however, because of the insecurity in most of the country, it was difficult to gather detailed information on abuses or to corroborate reports.
		Rebel forces also forced civilians, including children, to labor as porters and as workers in diamond fields under their control despite the signing of the peace accord in July 1999.
	www.usemb.se /human/2000/africa/sierra_leone.html (7894 words)

	JURIST - Sierra Leone: Sierra Leonean Law, Legal Research, Human Rights
		There were reports that CDF forces, operating in support of the Government, committed extrajudicial killings reportedly summarily executing suspected rebels and their collaborators and carried out indiscriminate attacks on villages believed to house RUF members and supporters, resulting in several civilian deaths.
		There were credible reports that CDF forces operating on behalf of the Government beat and otherwise abused persons and the Government has not acted to curb these abuses or punish those responsible.
		Forced labor continued to be a problem in rural areas.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/sierraleone.htm (936 words)

	TLP: MRW Chronology
		Banjul Agreement between the Armed Forces of Liberia, INPFL and the National Patriotic Front of Liberia to convene a national conference in 60 days to reconstitute and consolidate IGNU with representatives from all factions.
		A panel of inquiry appointed by the UN Secretary General attributes the attack to units of the Armed Forces of Liberia.
		ECOMOG is forced to leave Liberia after embarrassing showdown with President Taylor over his rejection of the Abuja accord provision that made ECOMOG responsible for training a new national army.
	liberian.tripod.com /Post22.html (2277 words)

	U.S. Army - Timeline of Terrorism
		Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas kidnapped a U.S. mining employee and his Colombian colleague who were searching for gold in Colombia.
		According to authorities, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is responsible for the kidnapping.
		Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels kidnapped U.S. citizen Thomas Hargrove in Colombia.
	www.army.mil /terrorism/1999-1990 (2242 words)

	HRW World Report 1999: Children’s Rights - Child Soldiers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		During 1998, for example, a new wave of violence in Sierra Leone resulted in the forced recruitment of thousands of children by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC).
		Civilian Defense Forces fighting on behalf of the Sierra Leone government also recruited children at least as late as July, despite numerous public pledges by the government to desist from the use of child soldiers.
		The campaign sought the recognition and enforcement of this standard by all armed forces and groups, both governmental and nongovernmental.
	www.hrw.org /worldreport99/children/child2.html (1167 words)

	Resource Information Center Sierra Leone: Information on the 1997 coup d'etat, ECOMOG harassment of civilians, and the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The armed forces were joined by the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and formed what became known as the People's Army.
		ECOMOG forces summarily executed suspected rebels and collaborators in their efforts to drive the rebel forces from the city (UN OCHA-IRIN, 29 Dec. 2000; UK, Apr. 2000, 8).
		In an attempt to restore peace and stability to the country, the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) was deployed in November 1999 to assist in the implementation of the Lome Peace Accord signed by the Kabbah government and RUF rebels in July 1999.
	uscis.gov /graphics/services/asylum/ric/documentation/SLE01001.htm (1830 words)

	Position Statement of the SLA and AFRC - 18 September 1999 - Sierra Leone Web
		The AFRC still believes that some of its actions were in the interest of the country.
		That the AFRC should be effectively involved in any future peace talks with the RUF, given that members of the RUF cannot effectively represent the AFRC.
		That of considerable importance is the safety and well-being of the leader of the AFRC, LT. Col.
	www.sierra-leone.org /afrc091899.html (1355 words)

	Africa: Country Report
		He was forced to stay in a different house every night, while his family reported that a number of unidentified men were asking for his whereabouts.
		Hinga and Lucky J were forced to leave Cole's body in the street as they fled for their lives.
		Revolutionary United Front rebels threatened to kill Lewis, the Freetown stringer for Voice of America radio, and his family, after setting their house on fire.
	www.cpj.org /attacks99/africa99/Sierra.html (3772 words)

	Security Council Welcomes Indictments Handed Down by Sierra Leone Court - Global Policy Forum - International Justice
		The members of the United Nations Security Council today welcomed the indictments handed down by the Special Court for Sierra Leone as the start of a judicial process aimed at bringing to justice those individuals who bear the greatest responsibility for the suffering inflicted on the people of the country throughout 10 years of conflict.
		Ambassador Traoré said the 15-nation Council also congratulated the people and Government of Sierra Leone for their commitment to achieving justice and national reconciliation through the work of the Special Court, and through the contribution of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and for their support to the Court since its establishment.
		Five of the seven indicted are in the Court's custody; outstanding warrants are out for the other two suspects, Johnny Paul Koroma, former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) and a former associate, Sam Bokarie, who is in Liberia.
	www.globalpolicy.org /intljustice/tribunals/sierra/2003/0314sc.htm (497 words)

	BU \| APARC \| rawlings
		But, by the late 1970s, the economy was in catastrophic decline, corruption and inefficiency were rife and there was widespread disillusionment with the political system.
		After holding power for a brief period the Council stepped aside and elections were held.
		The movement from a government established, at least in part, by the intervention of members of the armed forces, to freely elected one is of great significance.
	www.bu.edu /aparc/news/rawlings.htm (696 words)

	Sierra Leone Documents - Sierra Leone Web
		An index of press releases issued by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council during the period of military junta rule.
		AFRC allegations of breaches of the constitution by the President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah and his government, to justify the 25 May 1997 coup.
		AFRC Chairman Major Johnny Paul Koroma condemns the Kamajor militia and the SLPP government of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah.
	www.sierra-leone.org /documents.html (1836 words)

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