| Name assigned by coder: |
no
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| PGM ID Number: |
75
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| Country: |
Malawi |
| Date formed: |
Oct. 6, 2000 |
| Details of Formation: |
Formed at the height of Malawis struggle for human rights and democratic reforms in 1993, the Young Democrats were a youth wing of the various groupings rallying against dictator Kamuzu Banda's regime.
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| Date dissolved: |
Feb. 5, 2005 |
| Details of Termination: |
As termination date 5 February 2005 as President Bingu wa Mutharika, who was elected on 20 May 2004 as UDF candiate, left the party and created a new party (DPP). UDF did not have majority in Parliament, and was then not involved in government anymore. |
| Successor group(s): |
none
|
| Private Military Company? |
no |
| Government Relation: |
type1 |
| Government Link(s): |
political party
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| Training and Equipment |
yes |
| Shared Information and Joint Operations |
yes |
| Shared personnel |
no information |
| Types of Material Support: |
domestic government
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| State Sponsor(s): |
none
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| Other Connection(s): |
Presidential advisors |
| Membership: |
adolescents; party activists
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| Location: |
Lilongwe, Blantyre, Ndirande, Machinga, Liwonde, Chiradzulu, Mzuzu, Kasungu, Chinsapo, Mulanje, Chigwilizano, Ntchilichili, Salima |
| Force Strength: |
[1000,
3000] |
| Target(s): |
civilians; unarmed political opposition, government critics; journalists
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| Purpose(s): |
intimidate political opposition
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| Other Information: |
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