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National Patriotic Front of Liberia

Alternate title: NPFL
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  • formation by Taylor

    TITLE: Charles Ghankay Taylor
    ...nearly $1 million, and the following year Taylor fled to the United States, where he was jailed. Before he could be extradited, he escaped and subsequently appeared in Libya, where he formed the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), a militia group that invaded the country in late 1989.

  • history of Sierra Leone

    TITLE: Sierra Leone
    SECTION: Civil war
    ...1991 when conflict in neighbouring Liberia spilled over the border into Sierra Leone. Momoh responded by deploying troops to the border region to repel the incursion of Liberian rebels known as the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), led by Charles Taylor. Sierra Leone’s army came under attack not only from the NPFL but also from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), led by former...
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