| Name assigned by coder: |
no
|
| PGM ID Number: |
86
|
| Country: |
Sierra Leone |
| Date formed: |
July 7, 1999 |
| Details of Formation: |
Supported government as a result of peace agreement in July 1999. |
| Date dissolved: |
June 1, 2000 |
| Details of Termination: |
They fell out with the Freetown authorities in June 2000 after making attacks on pro-government forces and conducting a series of car-hijackings, robberies and rapes on defenceless civilians that forced the UN peacekeeping forces to retaliate |
| Successor group(s): |
none
|
| Private Military Company? |
no |
| Government Relation: |
type1 |
| Government Link(s): |
person/minister
|
| Training and Equipment |
no |
| Shared Information and Joint Operations |
yes |
| Shared personnel |
no |
| Types of Material Support: |
plunder and loot
|
| State Sponsor(s): |
none
|
| Other Connection(s): |
|
| Membership: |
children; ex soldiers
|
| Location: |
Freetown, Lunsar |
| Force Strength: |
[300,
300] |
| Target(s): |
civilians; rebels, insurgents, or other armed group; regular military force
|
| Purpose(s): |
unclear
|
| Other Information: |
-aka Occra Hill Boys
-leader till 2000 was XXX (former leader of 1997-1998 military junta) |
