No one knew what the lives of former child soldiers might look like. Perhaps they would become “an entire lost generation,” as the prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone described them ...

Sierra Leone continues to grapple with the long-lasting effects of trauma and the difficulties of reintegrating former child soldiers to this day. The country is still deeply affected by the ...

It was sometime in 1998, in the midst of Sierra Leone’s civil war ... One by one the teens were losing a hand or an arm as the rebels asked the one-time child soldiers whether they wanted a “short ...

using children and other abductees to engage in armed attacks against Sierra Leone civilians, Civilian Defense Forces, and soldiers from the Economic Community Cease-fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG ...

During Sierra Leone’s civil war ... Abubakar, a 17 year old RUF child soldier demobilized in March 2000 was abducted outside the demobilization camp and forced to rejoin the RUF later that ...

During Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil war, it is estimated that there were: 2.6 million people displaced, 70,000 casualties, and upwards of 48,000 male and female children associated with armed groups ...

The 30-year-old would have suffered a traumatising and most likely brief, existence as a child soldier in the Sierra Leone Civil War spanning 1991-2002. Cole was only three when there was a knock at ...