Pro-Government Militias

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Youth Awareness (Madagascar)

Basic Group Information

Name assigned by coder: no
PGM ID Number: 9
Country: Madagascar
Date formed: Dec. 4, 1984
    Accuracy of date formed: year
Details of Formation:
Date dissolved: March 27, 1993
    Accuracy of date dissolved: day
Details of Termination: A new constitution was approved by the constitutional convention in March 1992 creating Madagascar’s Third Republic. In the first multiparty presidential elections, Zafy Albert was voted as new president ending the tenure of Ratsiraka. Since there are no more evidence of the PGM in the Third Republic under Zafy Albert, the inauguration of the new president is coded as termination date.
Termination Type(s): change in government

Former and Successor Group Information

Predecessor group(s): none
Successor group(s): none
Private Military Company? no
Former Group? no
    Former Armed Group? no
Former Rebel Group? no
    Former Rebel Group UCDP ID: none
PGM Becomes Rebel Group? no
    Successor Rebel Group UCDP ID: none

Government Relation, Support, and Training

Government Relation: informal (type 1)
Created by the Government?: no information
    Main Creating Government Institution: none
Government Link(s): state (institution)
    If link to party, name of party: None
Training and Equipment: no information
Shared Information and Joint Operations: yes
Shared Personnel: no information
Type(s) of Material Support: domestic government
State Sponsor(s): Korea North
Other Connection(s): Trained in North Korea

Group Characteristics

Membership: unemployed; adolescents
Primary Membership: other
Alternative Primary Membership: no information
Location: Tananarive
Force Strength: [50, unknown]
Target(s): rebels, insurgents, or other armed group
Purpose(s): protect state, national or religious institutions

Ethnic Characteristics

Ethnic Target(s): none
    Quality of Information for Ethnic Targeting: not applicable
Ethnic Membership: none
    Quality of Information for Ethnic Membership: not applicable
Ethnic Purpose: none
    Quality of Information for Ethnic Purpose: not applicable

Other Information

Other Information:

New Variables from Meta-Analysis

Purpose

Purpose: The government used the PGM to fight against an underground sect.
Relative Benefit(s) of PGM Use unknown

Treatment of Civilians

Treatment of Civilians: No information.
Type(s) of Violence against Civilians: unknown

Reasons for Membership

PGM Members Coerced? no information
PGM Members Paid? no information
Reasons for Membership: Members were young and unemployed.
PGM Members Killed? no information

PGM Size

Size: No information.

Weapons and Training

Weapons and Training: The militia received training from North Korea.

Organisation

Organisation: No information.

Reference(s) for Meta-Analysis

Information was taken from news sources listed in the PGMD.

Evidence