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Civil war in Sierra Leone

Civil war in Sierra Leone. The war began on 23 March 1991. It involved the Revolutionary United Front for short (RUF),National Patriotic Front of Liberia(NFPL),and Joseph Momoh government.

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Civil war in Sierra Leone

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  1. Civil war in Sierra Leone

  2. The war began on 23 March 1991. • It involved the Revolutionary United Front for short (RUF),National Patriotic Front of Liberia(NFPL),and Joseph Momoh government.

  3. In May 1997 a group of disgruntled SLA officers staged a coup and established the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) as the new government of Sierra Leone.

  4. Sierra Leone Army (SLA) had succeeded in pushing the RUF rebels back to the Liberian border.

  5. The Eastern and Southern districts in Sierra Leone, most notably the Kono and Kenema districts, are rich in alluvial diamonds.

  6. With the state unable to pay its civil servants, those desperate enough ransacked and looted government offices and property.

  7. The government hit rock bottom when it could no longer pay schoolteachers and the education system collapsed.

  8. As a result of the First Liberian Civil War, 80,000 refugees fled neighboring Liberia for the Sierra Leone – Liberian border. This displaced population, composed almost entirely of children.

  9. It lasted for 10 year before it came to an end Left 50 thousand dead.

  10. Johnny Paul Koroma, declared the war over. A wave of looting, rape, and murder followed the announcement.

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