Under the auspices of ECOWAS, which peacekeeping intervention force was created in 1990 under heavy Nigerian military leadership to halt the civil war in Liberia?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. the ECOWAS Ceasefire Monitoring Group, popularly known as ECOMOG
- Step 1: In August 1990, ECOWAS heads of state created ECOMOG to restore security in Liberia following the collapse of the Samuel Doe administration. Step 2. Nigeria provided over 70% of the troops and military funding, later deploying ECOMOG contingents to Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau. Answer: the ECOWAS Ceasefire Monitoring Group, popularly known as ECOMOG. Why not the others: MISAB was deployed in the Central African Republic; AMISOM operates in the Horn of Africa; MONUC was a UN mission in Central Africa.
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