As the war wound down in Sierra Leone, however, she saw an opportunity. Many child soldiers were being sent to Interim Care Centers, or ICCs, several of which used programming designed largely by de ...

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 ...

Research on child soldiers in 1998 ... the AFRC/RUF launched a war of terror, using children and other abductees to engage in armed attacks against Sierra Leone civilians, Civilian Defense Forces ...

During Sierra Leone’s civil war, child combatants armed with pistols ... Abubakar, a 17 year old RUF child soldier demobilized in March 2000 was abducted outside the demobilization camp and ...

The U.N. Special Court for Sierra ... 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 connected ...

Almost four years after Taylor was forced to flee Liberia, the neighbouring West African nation of Sierra Leone still bears ... which recruited child soldiers who committed atrocities, including ...

The country’s modern history has been overshadowed by a brutal civil war that ended in 2002 ... education and protection, children in Sierra Leone need your help. 1 child in 10 dies before their 5th ...

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