À partir de l’étude du coup d’État de 1992 en Sierra Leone, cet article examine la complexité des révoltes militaires internes. À partir d’entretiens et de conversations informelles avec les mutins, cet article donne un aperçu des dynamiques internes d’une unité dont les membres ont pris la décision extrêmement risquée d’attaquer leurs compagnons d’arme et la tête ...

This article provides a detailed look at the history of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF), a military that has received very little academic attention within the study of African state security forces. It identifies key turning points in the GAF's history, and highlights the vastly different roles the military played in the state under President Jawara (1965-94) and Pr...

This article draws attention to a trend in which military deployments as part of peacekeeping missions have triggered army mutinies in some West African countries. It explains how participation in peacekeeping missions created new material grievances and a sense of injustice amongst the peacekeepers, which under certain conditions sparked domestic mutinies. These u...