The Liberia Peace Council (LPC) was a rebel group that participated in the Liberian Civil War under the leadership of

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.Adebajo, Adekeye. ''Building Peace in West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau'', 2002. Page 47. The LPC emerged in 1993, partly as a proxy force for the

Armed Forces of Liberia The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) are the armed forces of the Republic of Liberia. Tracing its origins to a militia that was formed by the first black colonists in what is now Liberia, it was founded as the Liberian Frontier Force in 1908, and r ...

(AFL). It made substantial gains against the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) in southeastern Liberia, vying for control of commercial operations in

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and

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. A predominantly ethnic

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organization, it drew supporters from the

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(ULIMO) and the AFL, but also from other ethnic groups who suffered under NPFL occupation. It had about 2,500 militants in its ranks. Like all groups that participated in the civil war, the LPC committed serious

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abuses including murder,

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, and looting in an effort to terrorize and depopulate rural areas held by the NPFL.

References

{{Reflist History of Liberia Rebel groups in Liberia Krahn people