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2 unusual facts about Sierra Leone Civil War


Abuja Agreement

Abuja Agreement (Sierra Leone) - A series of treaties were signed in Sierra Leone marking an end to the Sierra Leone Civil War in 2000 & 2001

Siege of Freetown

The Siege of Freetown was a battle during the Sierra Leone Civil War.


Donna Artz

Artz also founded and directed the Sierra Leone Project in which faculty and students at the College of Law assisted the Office of the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, established by the United Nations and the country's government at the end of the decade-long Sierra Leone Civil War.

Emmanuel Ayoola

The Secretary-General of the United Nations appointed Ayoola as President of Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (2004–2005), set up to try those responsible for the Sierra Leone Civil War.

Guinée forestière

It is known for its diverse ethnic population, including the Toma and Lissi groups, and also shelters a large number of refugees from the Sierra Leone Civil War, the Liberian Civil Wars and the Côte d'Ivoire Civil War.

Issa Sesay

Sessay is known as the commander who ordered the disarmament of the RUF, effectively ending the Sierra Leone Civil War.

Stephen Rapp

In 2007, Rapp succeeded Desmond de Silva to become the third Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, where he directed the prosecution of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and others alleged to have violated international criminal law during the Sierra Leone Civil War.

United Nations Security Council

The UN mission in the 1991–2002 Sierra Leone Civil War was supplemented by British Royal Marines, and the UN-authorised 2001 invasion of Afghanistan was overseen by NATO.


see also

Brima Kamara

Brima Bazzy Kamara (b. 1968), military commander during the Sierra Leone Civil War who was convicted of crimes against humanity

Eastern Polytechnic

along with the Kenema campus, Eastern Polytechnic was designed as a multi-campus institution with a campus at Bunumbu in the Kailahun District, (this campus was destroyed in the Sierra Leone Civil War) another at Woama in the Kono District (this campus was planned after the war and two buildings were erected but the site has been abandoned).

Gullit

Alex Tamba Brima (born 1971), a military commander of the Sierra Leone Civil War who was convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes