West African peacekeeping forces

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military intervention force regional peacekeeping force

West African peacekeeping forces were a regional military intervention contingent, largely organized under ECOWAS, deployed to stabilize conflict zones such as Liberia during its civil war.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
ECOWAS Standby Force 2
ECOMOG peacekeeping forces 1
West African peacekeeping forces canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military intervention force ⓘ
regional peacekeeping force ⓘ
commandedBy ECOWAS Monitoring Group ⓘ
surface form: ECOWAS Defence and Security Commission
cooperatesWith African Union ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
United Nations peace operations ⓘ
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping operations
deployedTo Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
hasComponent ECOMOG ⓘ
includesPersonnelFrom Benin ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
surface form: Gambia

Ghana ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
legalBasis ECOWAS Protocol on Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peacekeeping and Security ⓘ
notableOperation ECOMOG mission in Liberia ⓘ
ECOMOG mission in Liberia ⓘ
surface form: ECOMOG mission in Sierra Leone

ECOWAS Mission in Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
Economic Community of West African States Mission in Liberia ⓘ
surface form: ECOWAS Mission in Liberia

ECOWAS Mission in Sierra Leone ⓘ
ECOWAS Monitoring Group ⓘ
surface form: ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia

intervention in the First Liberian Civil War ⓘ
intervention in the Second Liberian Civil War ⓘ
intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War ⓘ
operatesInRegion Mano River ⓘ
surface form: Mano River basin

West Africa ⓘ
organizedBy ECOWAS ⓘ
surface form: Economic Community of West African States
partOf ECOWAS security architecture ⓘ
purpose conflict stabilization ⓘ
peace enforcement ⓘ
peacekeeping ⓘ
protection of civilians ⓘ
support to political transition ⓘ
role ceasefire monitoring ⓘ
demobilization support ⓘ
disarmament of combatants ⓘ
election security ⓘ
protection of key state institutions ⓘ
shortName ECOWAS Monitoring Group ⓘ
surface form: ECOWAS peacekeeping forces
usesLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

First Liberian Civil War → combatant → West African peacekeeping forces ⓘ
African Standby Force → regionalComponent → West African peacekeeping forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: ECOWAS Standby Force
ECOWAS Monitoring Group → replacedBy → West African peacekeeping forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: ECOWAS Standby Force
Operation Octopus in 1992 → opponent → West African peacekeeping forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Octopus (1992)
this entity surface form: ECOMOG peacekeeping forces