General information
First Active Year: 2000
Current Name: RFDG
Current Name full English: Rally of Democratic Forces of Guinea
Current Name full native language: Rassemblement des Forces démocratiques de Guinée
Original Name: RFDG
Original Name full English: Rally of Democratic Forces of Guinea
Original Name full native language: Rassemblement des Forces démocratiques de Guinée
Actor Chronology
This section contains information about (if applicable) group splinters, name changes, and alliances according to the UCDP definitions of these concepts.
UCDP has not recorded any Chronology Activities involving this group.
Conflict issues
Government of Guinea - RFDG
Conflict Goal Issues: Rassemblement des Forces démocratiques de Guinée, Rally of Democratic Forces of Guinea, (RFDG), also known as UFGN and UFDG, was a revolutionary Guinean rebel group aiming to overthrow the Guinean government. Despite being continuously denied by RFDG, the group appeared to have received military backing from the Liberian government led by Charles Taylor and was seemingly largely made up of fighters from Sierra Leone and Liberia, but also dissidents from the Guinean army, which is why its only interpreted characteristic is previous fighters from government armies. During its brief existence, RFDG stated two conflict goal issues, calling for the ousting of the Guinean government in 2000, and for the resignation of President Lansana Conté, specifically, in 2001.
Conflict Dynamics Issues: The project coded no statements from RFDG pertaining to conflict dynamics issues.
Conflict Resolution Issues: The project coded no statements from RFDG pertaining to conflict resolution issues.
Type of conflict issues: The coded conflict issues for this group are: Conflict Goal Issues: Oust full executive, Oust head of the executive
Conflict Dynamics Issues:
Conflict Resolution Issues:
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
2000
Actor Active in Dyad(s):
Government of Guinea - RFDG
2001
Actor Active in Dyad(s):
Government of Guinea - RFDG
Group Archive
This section contains annual information no longer systematically collected by the UCDP.
2000 Group Archive
Government of Guinea - RFDG
Comment on Name: Rassemblement de Forces Démocratique de Guinée; the Rally of Democratic Forces of Guinea led by rebel leader Mohamed Lamine Fofana
Troop Size: Missing
Secondary Support: The RUF and RFDG coordinated various border military operations throughout September and October 2000. Further, due to the secrecy surrounding the RFDG - not even its leaders being known, it has been claimed that RFDG is actually just a front for RUF. While the RFDG, there is substantial evidence for the presence of RUF fighters in Guinea. AFP estimates the presence of over 1000 fighters in Guinea.
2001 Group Archive
Government of Guinea - RFDG
Comment on Name: Rassemblement de Forces Démocratique de Guinée; the Rally of Democratic Forces of Guinea led by rebel leader Mohamed Lamine Fofana
Troop Size: 5000
Comment on Troop Size: The leader for RFDG Mohamed Lamine Fofana claimed the movements armed wing consisted of 5000 Guinean fighters.
Secondary Support: The RUF and RFDG coordinated various border military operations throughout September and October 2000. Further, due to the secrecy surrounding the RFDG - not even its leaders being known, it has been claimed that RFDG is actually just a front for RUF. While the RFDG, there is substantial evidence for the presence of RUF fighters in Guinea. AFP estimates the presence of over 1000 fighters in Guinea. There are alledged deliveries of weapons by Burkina Faso and Libya.
