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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 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 ...
The siege of Freetown was a battle during the Sierra Leone Civil War. It began when Johnny Paul Koroma took over the power [ 1 ] from Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and began a dictatorship. [ 2 ] In response, ECOMOG troops, led by Nigeria , helped the Sierra Leone Army to attack and remove Koroma from power and Kabbah was elected back in post.
Roughly 100.000-140.000 child soldiers in Sierra Leone fought between 1991 and 2002 in the Sierra Leone Civil War.Children fought on both sides of the conflict. Nearly half of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), and a quarter of the government armed forces consisted of children aged 8–14 years old.
Freetown (Krio: Fritɔun) is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone.It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. . Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and political centre, as it is the seat of the Government of Sierra
Operation Khukri was a multinational operation launched in the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), involving India, Ghana, Britain and Nigeria.The aim of the operation was to break the two-month-long siege laid by armed cadres of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) around two companies of 5/8th Gorkha Rifles Infantry Battalion Group of the Indian Army at Kailahun by effecting a ...
Freetown, 2009. 2002 Sierra Leone Civil War ends. Special Court for Sierra Leone and Kallon Football Club established. 2003 - 14 April: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Sierra Leone) convenes. [5] 2004 Winstanley Bankole Johnson becomes mayor. Population: 772,873. 2005 - Njala University College established. [36] 2010 - Population: 945,423 ...
The intervention in May 2000 was the first major deployment of British forces to Sierra Leone during the civil war, but was not the first time British personnel had served there. In May 1997, a two-man training team from the British Army was sent to train SLA officers but discovered that the SLA's strength was much lower than it had reported.
Operation Barras was a British Army operation that took place in Sierra Leone on 10 September 2000, during the late stages of the nation's civil war.The operation aimed to release five British soldiers of the Royal Irish Regiment and their Sierra Leone Army (SLA) liaison officer, who were being held by a militia group known as the "West Side Boys".