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- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War abstract "The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002) began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government. The resulting civil war lasted 11 years, enveloped the country, and left over 50,000 dead.During the first year of the war, the RUF took control of large swathes of territory in eastern and southern Sierra Leone, which were rich in alluvial diamonds. The government's ineffective response to the RUF, and the disruption in government diamond production, precipitated a military coup d'état in April 1992 by the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC). By the end of 1993, the Sierra Leone Army (SLA) had succeeded in pushing the RUF rebels back to the Liberian border, but the RUF recovered and fighting continued. In March 1995, Executive Outcomes (EO), a South Africa-based private military company, was hired to repel the RUF. Sierra Leone installed an elected civilian government in March 1996, and the retreating RUF signed the Abidjan Peace Accord. Under UN pressure, the government terminated its contract with EO before the accord could be implemented, and hostilities recommenced.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. The RUF joined with the AFRC to capture Freetown with little resistance. The new government, led by Johnny Paul Koroma, declared the war over. A wave of looting, rape, and murder followed the announcement. Reflecting international dismay at the overturning of the civilian government, ECOMOG forces intervened and retook Freetown on behalf of the government, but they found the outlying regions more difficult to pacify.In January 1999, world leaders intervened diplomatically to promote negotiations between the RUF and the government. The Lome Peace Accord, signed on 27 March 1999, was the result. Lome gave Foday Sankoh, the commander of the RUF, the vice presidency and control of Sierra Leone's diamond mines in return for a cessation of the fighting and the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force to monitor the disarmament process. RUF compliance with the disarmament process was inconsistent and sluggish, and by May 2000, the rebels were advancing again upon Freetown. As the UN mission began to fail the United Kingdom declared its intention to intervene in the former colony and Commonwealth member in an attempt to support the weak government of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. With help from a renewed UN mandate and Guinean air support, the British Operation Palliser finally defeated the RUF, taking control of Freetown. On 18 January 2002, President Kabbah declared the Sierra Leone Civil War over.".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "(1999-2005)".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "*".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "*CDF".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "*Kamajors".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "*NPFL".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "22pxECOMOGForces".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "22pxRUF".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "AFRC".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "Executive Outcomes".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "Liberia".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "Sierra Leone".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "Supported by:".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "United Nations/UNAMSIL".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "West Side Boys".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Ahmad_Tejan_Kabbah.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Allieu_Kondewa.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Augustine_Gbao.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Charles_Taylor_(Liberian_politician).
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander David_Richards,_Baron_Richards_of_Herstmonceux.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Foday_Sankoh.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Issa_Sesay.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Johnny_Paul_Koroma.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Joseph_Saidu_Momoh.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Julius_Maada_Bio.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Moinina_Fofana.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Sam_Bockarie.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Samuel_Hinga_Norman.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Solomon_Musa.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Tony_Blair.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Valentine_Strasser.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander Yahya_Kanu.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War date "1991-03-23".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War place Sierra_Leone.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War result "Commonwealthvictory".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War strength "22px700+ Nigerian soldiers".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War strength "22px~20,000 rebels( (1999)".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War strength "4,000+ government soldiers and militiamen( (1999)".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War strength "6,000 UNAMSIL soldiers, 260 military observers, 4 RussianMil Mi-24s( (1999)".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War thumbnail UNsierraleone.PNG?width=300.
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- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War caption "Map of Sierra Leone".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War casualties "2500000".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War casualties "Between 50,000–300,000 killed".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "* *".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "* * *".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "* Kamajors * CDF".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "*".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "*NPFL Supported by:".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "22".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "AFRC".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "Executive Outcomes".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "Liberia".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "Sierra Leone".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "Supported by:".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "United Nations/UNAMSIL".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War combatant "West Side Boys".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "22".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "Ahmad Tejan Kabbah".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "Allieu Kondewa".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "Charles Taylor".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "David Richards".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "Johnny Paul Koroma".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "Joseph Saidu Momoh".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "Julius Maada Bio".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "Moinina Fofana".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "Samuel Hinga Norman".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "Solomon Musa".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "Tony Blair".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "Valentine Strasser".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War commander "Yahya Kanu".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War conflict "Sierra Leone Civil War".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War date "--03-23".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War hasPhotoCollection Sierra_Leone_Civil_War.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War place Sierra_Leone.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War result "Commonwealth victory".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War strength "22".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War strength "4000".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War strength "6000".
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War wordnet_type synset-war-noun-1.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War subject Category:Blood_diamonds.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War subject Category:Civil_wars_involving_the_states_and_peoples_of_Africa.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War subject Category:Civil_wars_post-1945.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War subject Category:Revolution-based_civil_wars.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War subject Category:Sierra_Leone_Civil_War.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War subject Category:Wars_involving_Burkina_Faso.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War subject Category:Wars_involving_Liberia.
- Sierra_Leone_Civil_War subject Category:Wars_involving_Sierra_Leone.