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The (RUF) the Revolutionary United Front began to attack villages in Eastern Leone.
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A group of young military officers launches a military coup that sends Momoh into exile.
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The RUF holds men of the country side and are on the doorstep of Freetown.
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Valentine Strasser is ousted and replaced by Brigadier General Julius Maada Bio, his defense minister.
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Kabbah is overthrown by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), a military junta headed by Lieutenant Colonel Johnny Paul Koroma, and the junta invites the RUF to participate in the new government.
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The AFRC is ousted by the Nigerian-led ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) forces, and the democratically elected government of president Kabbah is reinstated.
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The RUF launches another attempt to overthrow the government.
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The Lome Peace Accord is signed between President Kabbah and Foday Sankoh of the RUF: The agreement grants the rebels seats in a new government and all forces a general amnesty from prosecution.
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Violence and rebel activity return,
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The situation in the country deteriorated to such an extent that British troops are deployed in Operation Palliser to evacuate foreign nationals.