The Sierra Leone Civil War began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front, 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 Momoh government and sparked a gruesome 11 year civil war that enveloped the entire country and left over 50,000 dead. More than 2 million people (well over one-third of the population) were displaced internally and externally. With help from both a UN peacekeeping operation and British military intervention, the civil war was finally declared over on January 11 2002.
The Civil War was the work of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) which is lead by Foday Sankoh. The civil war was predominantly sparked by conflict over blood diamonds in Sierra Leone as well as the installation of the military leader Joseph Momoh as president of Sierra Leone in 1985. Many major opposition groups rejected this installation.
The Civil War was the work of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) which is lead by Foday Sankoh. The civil war was predominantly sparked by conflict over blood diamonds in Sierra Leone as well as the installation of the military leader Joseph Momoh as president of Sierra Leone in 1985. Many major opposition groups rejected this installation.
