United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy-Johnson faction
- United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy-Johnson faction
The United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy–Johnson faction (ULIMO-J) was a rebel group that was active during the Liberian Civil War.
Originally part of the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO), the group split into two factions in 1994: ULIMO-J, an ethnic Krahn faction led by General Roosevelt Johnson and ULIMO-K, which was mainly Mandingo and led by Alhaji G.V. Kromah.
ULIMO-J was poorly ruled, which led to leadership struggles and general discontent among its fighters. It had approximately 8,000 combatants.
Members of both factions committed a number of human rights abuses, including the burning of villages, murder, rape, mutilation, and looting.
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