National Patriotic Front of Liberia

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armed faction non-state armed group rebel group

The National Patriotic Front of Liberia was a rebel group led by Charles Taylor that became a major faction in the First Liberian Civil War and played a central role in the country’s political upheaval in the early 1990s.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
National Patriotic Front of Liberia canonical	12
Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia	5
Leadership of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia	1
National Patriotic Front of Liberia Central Revolutionary Council	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed faction ⓘ non-state armed group ⓘ rebel group ⓘ
abbreviation	NPFL ⓘ
accusedOf	crimes against humanity ⓘ massacres of civilians ⓘ recruitment of child soldiers ⓘ systematic human rights abuses ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
activeIn	First Liberian Civil War ⓘ
activePeriod	early 1990s ⓘ late 1980s ⓘ
armedWingOf	Charles Taylor’s political movement ⓘ
conflict	First Liberian Civil War ⓘ
country	Liberia ⓘ
disestablishedIn	mid-1990s ⓘ
ethnicBase	Gio ⓘ Mano ⓘ
founder	Charles Taylor ⓘ
goal	overthrow of Samuel Doe ⓘ seizure of state power in Liberia ⓘ
hadFaction	National Patriotic Front of Liberia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia
headquartersLocation	Gbarnga ⓘ
ideology	anti-Samuel Doe ⓘ
influencedBy	Libyan military training ⓘ
leader	Charles Taylor ⓘ
notableEvent	capture of most of Liberia’s territory in early 1990s ⓘ invasion of Liberia from Côte d’Ivoire in December 1989 ⓘ
notableFor	central role in Liberia’s political upheaval in early 1990s ⓘ
notableLeader	Prince Johnson ⓘ
operationalArea	Liberia ⓘ surface form: Greater Liberia Nimba County ⓘ
opposedBy	ECOWAS Monitoring Group ⓘ surface form: Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group
opposedTo	Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ Samuel Doe ⓘ
partOf	Liberian civil conflict ⓘ
roleInPolitics	paved way for Charles Taylor’s presidency ⓘ
splitFrom	National Patriotic Front of Liberia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Patriotic Front of Liberia Central Revolutionary Council
startTime	1989 ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	National Patriotic Party ⓘ
supportedBy	Burkina Faso ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Côte d’Ivoire Libya ⓘ
usedChildSoldiers	true ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ Liberian English ⓘ local Liberian languages ⓘ