Armed Forces of Liberia

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military organization national armed forces

The Armed Forces of Liberia is the national military of Liberia, historically involved in the country’s civil conflicts and now focused on defense, peacekeeping, and supporting national stability.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Armed Forces of Liberia canonical	8
AFL (Armed Forces of Liberia)	1
Liberian Air Wing	1
Liberian Armed Forces	1
Liberian Army	1
Liberian National Guard	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military organization ⓘ national armed forces ⓘ
allegiance	Liberia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Liberia
commanderTitle	Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Liberia Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ
country	Liberia ⓘ
doctrine	civilian control of the military ⓘ
focus	professionalization of the force ⓘ respect for human rights ⓘ support for national stability ⓘ
foundingDate	1908 ⓘ
garrison	Edward Binyah Kesselly Barracks ⓘ
governedBy	Ministry of National Defense of Liberia ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Monrovia ⓘ
historicalPredecessor	West African Frontier Force ⓘ surface form: Liberia Frontier Force Armed Forces of Liberia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Liberian National Guard
involvedIn	First Liberian Civil War ⓘ Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalFramework	Constitution of Liberia ⓘ National Defense Act of Liberia ⓘ
mission	assist in disaster response ⓘ support internal security when requested by civilian authorities ⓘ support regional peacekeeping operations ⓘ
participatesIn	international peacekeeping missions ⓘ
primaryAreaOfOperations	Liberian territory ⓘ
restructuredAfter	Comprehensive Peace Agreement of Accra ⓘ surface form: Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement
restructuringPeriod	mid-2000s ⓘ
role	national defense ⓘ peacekeeping ⓘ protection of Liberia’s territorial integrity ⓘ support to civil authorities ⓘ
serviceBranch	Armed Forces of Liberia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Liberian Air Wing Armed Forces of Liberia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Liberian Army Liberian Coast Guard ⓘ
shortName	AFL ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
symbol	coat of arms of the Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ flag of the Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ
trainingPartner	ECOWAS ⓘ United Nations Mission in Liberia ⓘ United States Armed Forces ⓘ
type	volunteer military ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

First Liberian Civil War → combatant → Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ

United Nations Mission in Liberia → supportedInstitution → Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ

Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy → notableOpponent → Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ

ECOWAS Monitoring Group → hasPart → Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ

National Patriotic Front of Liberia → opposedTo → Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ

Armed Forces of Liberia → serviceBranch → Armed Forces of Liberia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberian Army

Armed Forces of Liberia → serviceBranch → Armed Forces of Liberia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberian Air Wing

Armed Forces of Liberia → historicalPredecessor → Armed Forces of Liberia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberian National Guard

Samuel Doe → sphereOfInfluence → Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberian Armed Forces

Roosevelt Johnson → opponent → Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL (Armed Forces of Liberia)

Operation Octopus in 1992 → opponent → Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Octopus (1992)

Operation Octopus in 1992 → armedGroupInvolved → Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Octopus (1992)

Liberia National Police → worksWith → Armed Forces of Liberia ⓘ