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British abolitionists founded Freetown as a refuge for slaves.
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Freetown becam an official British colony.
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Sir Milton Margai became Sierra Leone's first chief minister.
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Sierra Leone became independent from British rule.
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After Sierra Leone is declared a rebublic, Siaka Stevens is named President.
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New constitution proclaims that Sierra Leone is now a one-party state.
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Major-General Jospeh Momoh became president after Steven's retirement.
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Momoh declares an economic state of emergency.
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Foday Sankoh and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) began their campaign against President Momoh by capturing border towns in Libya.
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Constitution revised and multiparty system adopted.
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President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah signed peace deal with Sankoh's rebels.
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President Kabbah attacked by army. Constitution suspended, demonstrations banned, and political parties abolished.
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Commonwealth suspended Sierra Leone because of war.
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The UN banned weapons and oil products in Sierra Leone becuase of their civil war.
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An intervention league stormed Freetown and drove rebels out of the capital.
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A group of rebels backed by the Revolutionary United Front leader Foday Sankoh seized parts of Freetown. This caused a bitter fight, leaving over 5,000 dead and the city devastated.
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New peace deal signed, which claimed that the rebels would not be charged with war crimes. The UN arrived shortly after to police the peace deal.
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Rebel forces attacked the UN police in the east part of the country, and hundreds of UN officials were abducted.
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After the capture of Rebel leader Foday Sankoh, the rebel troops bega to disarm and disband. Th Brtish-trained army of Serra Leone began to deply in rebel areas.
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The UN officially declared the end of Sierra Leone's civil war. They set up war-crime courts to charge the rebels with their crimes.
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The first war-crime trials began against the rebels.
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The last UN officials leave Sierra Leone, and the country is finally stable enough to run its own government.
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Sierra Leone held its first election since the UN left. President oroma is elected for his second and final term in office, along with many other goverment officials.
