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Student Protests
Student protestors thrown out by Siaka Stevens. Protestors go on to form RUF. -
Momoh reintroduces multi-party democracy
Momoh moves to reintroduce multi-party democracy. However, the RUF is skeptical, saying, "We seized the moment in 1991, at the heart of APC misrule, to face the challenge of countering the nefarious plans that party had hoped to put in place to entrench itself in power." -
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Sierra Leone Civil War
BBC Special Report on Sierra Leone Civil WarThe Sierra Leone Civil War lasted 11 years, killed 50,000 people and displaced and maimed many more. -
RUF launched first campaign
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Momoh doubles size of army
Momoh doubles size of army by conscripting people from ghettos -
Valentine Strasser overthrows Momoh
Valentine Strasser overthrows Momoh. Strasser was only 26 years old, and his lieutenants were only 21 years old. Army is poorly trained and badly equipped. Army begins conscripting children. -
Rise of Kamajor
Kamajor, the traditiontal hunter's militia rises to fight on side of the government. -
Countryside collapses into banditry
Sides are no longer clear as rebels and army forces alike attack each other and civilians, causing thousands of refugees to flee. -
Army & RUF join to create the AFRC
Army & RUF join to create the AFRC but Nigerian peace keepers -
AFRC attacks Freetown
The AFRC (rebels & government forces combined) occupied eastern subrubs of Freetown and committed horrendous atrocities against civilians. -
Sankoh captured
Foday Sankoh was the brutal leader of the Revolutionary United Front. He was captured on May 17, 2000 but the RUF continued to terrorize civilians. -
RUF Return
RUF resumes fighting in Massiaka Region -
RUF resurges in Massiaka Region
The RUF occupied the region for a week, committing acts of murder, mutilation, rape, looting, and abduction against the civilian population. -
UN calls for embargo on diamond trading
UN Security Council states that, "all States shall prohibit the direct or indirect import of rough diamonds from Sierra Leone." The diamond trade is the main financing source of the civil war. -
Health Crisis
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President Kabbah declares war over
Kabbah was elected in an internationally observed election. The RUF party won 0 votes in the parliament. The government calls for combattants on both sides of the conflict to turn in their arms. The arms were then burned in a public ceremony.
