| Name assigned by coder: |
no
|
| PGM ID Number: |
58
|
| Country: |
Congo Brazzaville |
| Date formed: |
Jan. 1, 1994 |
| Details of Formation: |
May 1993, Lissouba won elections. His two opponents set up their own militias; Lissouba, now President, put together his own militia. Israeli company provided training with likely Israeli military approval. |
| Date dissolved: |
Oct. 24, 1997 |
| Details of Termination: |
Lissouba ousted by force in 1997, whereafter he established a new rebel militia (Cocoyes) |
| Successor group(s): |
none
|
| Private Military Company? |
no |
| Government Relation: |
type1 |
| Government Link(s): |
person/minister
|
| Training and Equipment |
no information |
| Shared Information and Joint Operations |
yes |
| Shared personnel |
no information |
| Types of Material Support: |
domestic government; foreign support
|
| State Sponsor(s): |
Israel
|
| Other Connection(s): |
|
| Membership: |
ethnic; unemployed; adolescents; children
|
| Location: |
Brazzaville, Aubevillet, Loudima |
| Force Strength: |
[unknown,
2500] |
| Target(s): |
rebels, insurgents, or other armed group; ethnic group
|
| Purpose(s): |
protect state, national or religious leader(s)
|
| Other Information: |
fight the militias of Lissouba's two rivals: his Prime Minister Kolelas and former President Nguesso. The respective militias took on ethinc shades and turned Brazzaville into a war zone.
aka Zoulous |
