Kamajors

The Kamajors are a group of traditional hunters from the south and east of Sierra Leone (mostly from the Bo district). They were originally employed by local chiefs, but under the leadership of Samuel Hinga Norman were used by President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah in 1996 to replace mercenaries (Executive Outcomes and Sandline International, both of whom helped train the force) as the security force of the government. Kabbah's presidency ended when a coup led by junior officers in 1997 installed Johnny Paul Koroma as the head of state. The Kamajors were a part of the ECOMOG (a Nigeria led force) counteroffensive to reinstate Kabbah in 1998. In 1999, Freetown was taken by the Charles Taylor backed and Foday Sankoh led Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFCR), which was a combination of the rebel Revolutionary United Front(RUF) and the former Sierra Leone Army (SLA). The Kamajors again served with ECOMOG and UN peacekeepers in trying to secure stability.

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Sierra Leone: The Republic of Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea on the north and Liberia on the southeast, with the Atlantic Ocean on the southwest. The name Sierra Leone was adapted from the Spanish version: Sierra Le?n, and in turn, from the Portuguese Serra-Le?o, which stands f...

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Samuel Hinga Norman: Samuel Hinga Norman (1940) was a chieftan in Sierra Leone and led the traditional paramilitary force, the Kamajors. The Kamajors fought under the banner of the Civil Defence Front(CDF) which supported the government of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah against the Revolutionary United Front(RUF), which was led by...