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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. 1991–2002 war in West Africa Sierra Leone Civil War Part of spillover of the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars Date 23 March 1991 – 18 January 2002 (10 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) Location Sierra Leone Result Commonwealth victory Belligerents Sierra Leone SLA (before and ...
This attempt resulted in the Sierra Leone Civil War, that lasted 11 years, leaving over 50,000 dead. [1] The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created as part of the Lomé Peace Accord, signed on July 7, 1999, which was intended to end the civil war in Sierra Leone.
The Lomé Peace Agreement [1] was a peace agreement signed on 7 July 1999 between the warring parties in the civil war that gripped Sierra Leone for almost a decade. President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah signed with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) leader, Foday Sankoh and granted Sankoh a position in the transitional government as well as amnesty for him and all combatants. [2]
In March 1991, the country was plunged into the Sierra Leone Civil War, pitting the government against the invading Revolutionary United Front, under the command of Foday Sankoh. [3] Front-line government soldiers were poorly supplied and fed, [2] [3] and some complained they had not been paid for three months. [4]
Between 1991 and 2001, about 50,000 people were killed in Sierra Leone's civil war. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced from their homes and many became refugees in Guinea and Liberia. In 2001, UN forces moved into rebel-held areas and began to disarm rebel soldiers. By January 2002, the war was declared over.
A college professor and his students counted words in secession documents to determine what really caused the Civil War.
Bio was reelected in Sierra Leone’s fifth presidential election since the end of a brutal 11-year civil war — more than two decades ago — which left tens of thousands of people dead and ...
Sierra Leonean Civil War (1991–2002) Sierra Leone. SLA [1] CDF [2] United Kingdom Guinea ECOMOG Forces Executive Outcomes Supported by: United States Belarus [3] UNAMSIL. RUF AFRC West Side Boys Liberia. NPFL; Supported by: Libya Burkina Faso Moldova [4] Commonwealth victory: Mali War (2012–present) Mali France Germany Chad Nigeria Sierra ...