During Sierra Leone’s civil war ... Lynette, 16, was abducted and held by the rebels for several days during which time she was given drugs in her food, and witnessed other abductees being ...

From 1991 to 2002, conflict in the West African country created some 28,000 amputees. Amputation by machete was one terror ...

In 1991, a small band of rebels backed by the Liberian warlord Charles Taylor and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi crossed into the west African nation of Sierra Leone and ignited a civil war that ...

Feature / Decades after independence, colonial-era laws have created a mass-incarceration crisis in Sierra Leone as poor ...

Sierra Leone's civil war: 'I was shot by rebels' - the dangers of reporting Expelled from the US and now in limbo in Sierra Leone "These were co-ordinated and properly planned attacks on the ...

Sierra Leone's civil war: 'I was shot by rebels' - the dangers of reporting Expelled from the US and now in limbo in Sierra Leone It is unclear exactly how many prisoners were released but videos ...

Last month Taylor was found guilty of aiding and abetting rebels in Sierra Leone during the 1991-2002 civil war. The prosecution at the Special Court for Sierra Leone is now pressing for an 80 ...

Liberian government troops and rebels of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) often crossed into Sierra Leone to loot ... crowd dispersal tactics and firing of warning ...