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Paramilitary Groups – 2001

Through the Military Reintegration Programme (MRP), the UK-led International Military Advisory and Training Team (IMATT) undertook a series of training programs and assisted the Sierra Leone Armed ForcesÕ instructors at the Armed Force Training Center. MRP was “designed to integrate former RUF and CDF combatants who have been through the disarmament and demobilisation process, into the new RSLAF.”¹ The numbers of RUF and CDF combatants to be integrated was said to be fairly modest, though exact numbers are not available.

1. Mark Malan, “Security and Military Reform,” In eds. Mark Malan, Sarah Meek, Thokozani Thusi, Jeremy Ginifer, Patrick Coker. “Sierra Leone: Building the Road to Recovery,” Institute for Security Studies, Monograph 80, http://www.iss.co.za/pubs/monographs/No80/content.html, p. 97.