During Sierra Leone’s civil war, child combatants armed ... instances in which children recruited to the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) were compelled to commit abuses under threat of death ...

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is in a detention centre in The Hague, facing 11 charges of war ... for Sierra Leone has accused Taylor of selling diamonds to finance the RUF.

[AFP] Sierra Leone's UN-backed ... committed during the country's brutal civil war. Augustine Gbao, 72, a former leader of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), had served 17 years of a 25-year ...

Many developed problems in the Sierra Leone civil war due to poor healthcare access. During a 1999 ceasefire, Bo hospital opened a clinic to treat those who needed it. This gallery is from ...

The RPCA has pioneered the Longitudinal Study of War-affected Youth (LSWAY) that began in 2002 at the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war. Funded through multiple National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH ...

Sierra Leone made significant ... from the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), and from the government-allied Civil Defense Force (CDF) militias.

Pictures from the Libyan civil war, and a final image from Sierra Leone. In 1999 a football team, mainly of ex-combatants, travelled from Liberia to the UK. Homepage ...

The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to Sierra Leoneans recovering from civil war, the Ebola epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic and the global impacts of the war in Ukraine. Located ...