Movement for Democracy in Liberia

The Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) was a rebel group in Liberia that became active in March 2003, launching attacks from Ivory Coast. MODEL was based on the Force Spéciale pour la Libération du Monde Africain (LIMA) militia formed in September 2002 to help Laurent Gbagbo's government against insurgents backed by Liberia's president Charles Taylor. After fighting off the imminent threat, parts of LIMA crossed the border to Liberia to continue the war there. With Taylor's forces already pressed against the larger Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), MODEL achieved rapid territorial gains. While it was initially thought that MODEL was a splinter group of LURD, this was not the case. While the initial leadership of MODEL came from LURD, the majority of MODEL fighters were mobilized from Ivorian and Ghanaian refugee camps to which many Liberians from the country's Southeast had fled to.

Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy

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Adolphe Moudiki

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Justin Ballay Mégot

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Ferdinand Mbahou

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Sylvestre Oyouomi

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Séraphin Magloire Fouda

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Henri Ossébi

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Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové

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Soungalo Ouattara

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810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade

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