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RUF (Revolutionary United Front) Wanted to overthrow the government sparking the war.
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The Sierra Leone Army has pushed the rebels back to the Liberian Border but they recovered.
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Sierra Leone is now an elected civilian goverment and the RUF signed the Abjidan Peace Accord.
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A group of Sierra Leone Army officers established the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council as the new government. RUF joined this group and captured Freetwon easily.
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World leaders intervened the war to promote negotiations between the RUF and the government. The result was the signed Lome Peace Accord.
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The rebels again advance towards Freetown but the British Operation Palliser defeated the RUF.
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President Kabbah Declared the Sierra Leone War to be over.