Police Reform: Abidjan Peace Agreement

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Police Reform: Abidjan Peace Agreement

Implementations

Police Reform – 1996

The accord called for the professionalization of the police force with reforms and programs aimed at increasing respect for human rights and reducing corruption. No such programs were undertaken in 1996. The Police Council was not established.1

  1. “Sierra Leone rebels come to capital for talks,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, December 19, 1996.

Police Reform – 1997

In 1997, Major Johnny Paul Koroma and his soldiers formed an alliance with RUF troops and toppled Sierra Leone’s government. President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah fled into Guinea.1

  1. “Sierra Leone coup leader claims power,” The Independent (London), May 26, 1997, 13.

Police Reform – 1998

In 1998, the former government ousted the RUF/AFRC government. RUF and the former government returned to full scale civil war in 1998.1

Coding for this case ceased on December 31, 1998.

  1. “Uppsala Conflict Data Program,” Uppsala University Department of Peace and Conflict Research, accessed June 3, 2011, www.ucdp.uu.se/database.