Civil Defence Forces
The Civil Defense Forces (CDF) was a paramilitary organization that fought in the Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002). It supported the elected government of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah against the rebel groups Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). Much of the CDF was made up of the Kamajors group, which is part of the larger Mende ethnic group. The Kamajors believed in many magical ways of defending themselves, such as rituals to create bulletproof skin. Three leaders of the CDF were indicted at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, more specifically Samuel Hinga Norman (head of the …
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PNG NRI: PNG National Research Institute · 26 March 2024 English
kidnapped, raped and held captive, with the 40 armed men The functions of the PNG-CDC, membership of the corps, demanding K40,000 and 10 pigs as ransom (Yanei & Kuku, staff …
Province to and emergency units to support civil defence forces (The train and re-train the regular, volunteer …
ACAPS · 6 March 2024 English
Prior to 7 women and children, are at risk of starvation and diseases, which may result in preventable October, Gaza was already vulnerable to food insecurity as a result of …
March 161 UN staff, 340 health workers, 47 civil defence forces, and 130 journalists had died from the conflict …
UN: The United Nations · 18 September 2023 English
28 p. : tables
Front. 35. On 28 May 2023, the former Civil Defence Forces high priest and initiator, Allieu Kondewa …
Eurojust: European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit · 15 September 2023
The defendant shall bear the costs of the proceedings and the necessary expenses incurred by the accessory prosecutor, including the special costs of the adhesion proceedings, as well as the …
vehicles. There were then clashes between civil defence forces and security forces, which developed into …
UN: The United Nations · 12 April 2023 English
6 p.Transmits summary note of the meeting of the Security Council Informal Expert Group on Women, Peace and Security on the situation in South Sudan, held on 20 Feb. 2023.
attributed to non-State armed groups, including civil defence forces and community-based militias, but 38 per …
UN: The United Nations · 28 April 2022 English
21 p. : tablesTransmits matrix from the Government guiding the role and work of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS).
emergency • Support from the armed forces for civil defence forces in rescuing and providing assistance to …
Amnesty International · 9 March 2022 English
Attack on March 3 killed people as they queued for bread Lethal air strike may constitute a war crime A Russian air strike that reportedly killed 47 civilians in the …
unguided dud FAB-500 M62 bomb being removed by civil defence forces. In addition, an official video released …
United Nations Security Council · 21 February 2022 English
United Nations Department of Political Affairs Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council Supplement 1996-1999 Department of Political Affairs Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council Supplement 1996-1999 …
attacks, and demobilization of members of the Civil Defence Forces, as in particular at the plight of children …
DCAF: Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance · 2022 English
authorities; • reserves and local security units, civil defence forces, national guards, civil protection and …
DCAF: Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance · 2022 English
authorities during the civil conflict (as civil defence forces, guard units, unsupervised formations, …
