The RUF rebels were known for hacking off civilians ... The Leonardo DiCaprio movie "Blood Diamond" is set in Sierra Leone during the civil war. Despite the country's diamond wealth, 70 percent ...

The U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone found the men guilty ... Eight people have been convicted of war crimes connected with the conflict -- some on the rebels' side and some on the government ...

During Sierra Leone’s civil war, child combatants armed with pistols ... Lynette, 16, was abducted and held by the rebels for several days during which time she was given drugs in her food ...

hundreds of former fighters in Sierra Leone's civil war, both former rebel and government combatants, have been crossing into Liberia to fight as mercenaries either for the Liberian government or ...

In 1991, a small band of rebels backed by the Liberian warlord Charles Taylor and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi crossed into the west African nation of Sierra Leone and ignited a civil war that ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone ‘s capital of Freetown, smoke billows over decades of ...

[AFP] Sierra Leone's UN-backed ... early release to a former rebel leader in prison for crimes against humanity committed during the country's brutal civil war. Augustine Gbao, 72, a former ...

LURD fighters set off from Tubmanberg for an attack on Monrovia, Liberia. A lack of transport meant the attack is made on foot. Monrovia lies over 35 miles away, and the road is laid with ambushes.

Between 1991 and 2002, Nigeria played a pivotal role in supporting Sierra Leone during its civil war when it led the ECOWAS ... also instrumental in combating rebel factions and reinstating ...

Young ex-combatants with rebel group Movement for Democracy in Liberia head for UN disarmament point run by Bangladeshi troops. Taken during the first phase of the disarmament programme. Buchanan ...

the COVID-19 pandemic and the global impacts of the war in Ukraine. Located in West Africa, Sierra Leone is a small country with complex challenges. Following a decade of civil war between 1991 and ...