The rebels -- former leaders in the Revolutionary United Front guerrilla movement -- were known for hacking off civilians' hands and feet during the war, which stood out for its viciousness even ...

(CNN)-- Three former leaders of Sierra Leone's brutal Revolutionary United Front guerrilla movement were found guilty Wednesday of crimes against humanity including murder, rape, sexual slavery ...

During 1998, for example, a new wave of violence in Sierra Leone resulted in the forced recruitment of thousands of children by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and Armed Forces Revolutionary ...

In the early hours of January 6, l999, rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) launched an offensive against the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, capturing it from government troops and ...

He did not receive a lot of assistance ... there was a rumor that the Liberian government was involved with the RUF [Revolutionary United Front] in Sierra Leone and subsequently in Ivory Coast.

Stalinist policy was consciously directed against the revolutionary seizure ... who had entered into the popular front government in Barcelona. In the United States, the Communist Party supported ...