Research on child soldiers in 1998 ... children in armed conflict. In Sierra Leone, he received commitments from the government and the Civil Defense Forces (Kamajors) to refrain from recruiting ...

These include former member of the RUF, the civil defense forces (primarily Kamajors), and the West Side Boys (comprising former soldiers in the Sierra Leone army), who have been signing up to ...

Sierra Leone's army said it thwarted a coup last November after gunmen broke into a military armoury and several prisons in Freetown A court in Sierra Leone has charged 27 soldiers with multiple ...

ALBAWABA- In a breakthrough wave of violence, clashes erupted in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, on Sunday, resulting in the tragic death of 13 soldiers loyal to the government, as reported by ...

A military court in Sierra Leone sentenced 24 soldiers to lengthy prison terms Friday for their roles in a failed attempt to overthrow the government of President Julius Maada Bio in November 2023.