British troops were withdrawing from Sierra Leone today ... which is credited with bringing an end to Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war. An MoD spokesman said 100 officers will remain in Sierra ...

When World War Two broke out ... from East Africa. The British Army also recruited 200,000 men from West Africa. This included setting up an RAF base in Sierra Leone to search for submarines.

With the U.N. unwilling to stiffen its mandate from peacekeeping to peacemaking, and without any international body willing to commit troops ... the war could spread beyond Sierra Leone's borders.

Sierra Leone is a poor country in western Africa. A former British colony, it is significant in the history ... The country’s modern history has been overshadowed by a brutal civil war that ended in ...

The U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone found ... use of child soldiers and forced marriages," she told CNN by phone from Senegal in West Africa. Eight people have been convicted of war crimes ...

During Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil war, it is estimated that there were: 2.6 million people displaced, 70,000 casualties, and upwards of 48,000 male and female children associated with armed groups ...