Bougainville Revolutionary Army

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armed secessionist group insurgent organization rebel group

The Bougainville Revolutionary Army was an armed secessionist group that fought for the independence of Bougainville from Papua New Guinea, playing a central role in the Bougainville Civil War in the late 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Bougainville Resistance Forces 3

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed secessionist group ⓘ
insurgent organization ⓘ
rebel group ⓘ
activeFrom 1988 ⓘ
activePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
activeUntil 1998 ⓘ
areaOfOperations Bougainville Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Solomons Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualtiesContext Bougainville conflict caused thousands of deaths ⓘ
ceasefire permanent ceasefire in late 1990s ⓘ
conflict Bougainville Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Bougainville NERFINISHED ⓘ
demobilizationProcess phased disarmament under international monitoring ⓘ
disarmament weapons disposal program under Bougainville Peace Agreement ⓘ
ethnicBase Bougainvilleans NERFINISHED ⓘ
goal independence of Bougainville from Papua New Guinea ⓘ
ideology Bougainvillean nationalism ⓘ
influenced creation of Autonomous Bougainville Government ⓘ
involvedIn peace process in Bougainville ⓘ
monitoredBy Peace Monitoring Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLeader Francis Ona NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sam Kauona NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy Bougainville Resistance Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Papua New Guinea Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo Government of Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedFrom local landowner grievances over Panguna mine ⓘ
partOf Bougainville independence movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs key actor in Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
region Melanesia ⓘ
relatedOrganization Bougainville Interim Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bougainville Resistance Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Panguna mine conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn autonomous status for Bougainville ⓘ
signed Bougainville Peace Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedOn 2001 ⓘ
status demobilized ⓘ
successor Bougainville Veterans groups ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
Tok Pisin NERFINISHED ⓘ
local Bougainville languages ⓘ
usedTactics blockades ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Panguna mine → associatedOrganization → Bougainville Revolutionary Army ⓘ
Bougainville Civil War → hasMainBelligerent → Bougainville Revolutionary Army ⓘ
Bougainville Civil War → hasMainBelligerent → Bougainville Revolutionary Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bougainville Resistance Forces
Bougainville Civil War → involves → Bougainville Revolutionary Army ⓘ
Bougainville Civil War → involves → Bougainville Revolutionary Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bougainville Resistance Forces
Bougainville Civil War → opposingForce → Bougainville Revolutionary Army ⓘ
Bougainville Civil War → opposingForce → Bougainville Revolutionary Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bougainville Resistance Forces