Sierra Leone Civil War - Wikipedia
The Sierra Leonean Civil War (1991–2002) was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support from the special forces of Liberian dictator Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government.
The Armed Conflict in Sierra Leone | Human Rights Watch
Apr 11, 2012 · Hundreds of civilians suffered from the signature rebel atrocity of limb amputation while thousands of girls and women were subjected to sexual violence. All sides recruited and used child...
Rebel resource strategies in civil war: Revisiting diamonds in Sierra Leone
Nov 1, 2019 · Drawing on extensive fieldwork with a paradigmatic “resource rebellion” – the former Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone – this paper identifies six key strategies and tactics armed groups can employ to manage resource wealth: resource rhetoric; destruction; looting; extraction/production; mortgaging; and taxation.
Revolutionary United Front (1991–2002) - Blackpast
Jan 16, 2017 · The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) was a rebel army that fought in the Sierra Leone Civil War, 1991–2002. The RUF was created by Foday Sankoh along with allies that included Abu Kanu, Rashid Mansaray, and most of the Mende ethnic group in the southern and eastern provinces of the country.
Sierra Leone: List of extremely violent events perpetrated during …
Mar 5, 2008 · Civilian settlements were targeted by the RUF as military objectives (for control of the territory and recruitment), which resulted in systematic forced displacement of the population. The RUF targeted and killed individuals with political, economic and social power (Richards, 1996, p. …
Much of the RUF’s original ideology was lost among RUF fighters themselves, since a large proportion were in fact Liberian rebels fighting for their own cause. Moreover, any initial popular support that the group had enjoyed in the past was undermined by …
(PDF) The Sierra Leonean Civil Conflict - ResearchGate
Mar 9, 2016 · Sierra Leonean rebels but also by Charles Ta ylor and his Liberian troops who claimed to be participating in the invasion as a result of the fluidity of primordial allegiances...
Searching for Zogoda (Remote Rebel Camp) - Sierra Leone: Inside the War
Aug 31, 2019 · However, the rebels regrouped in Liberia and in 1994 they swept through the country using classic guerrilla tactics: controlling rural areas, traveling by foot on bush paths, and staging surprise attacks on urban areas and roads while the army controlled only the major towns, roads, and barracks.
3 Sierra Leone Rebels: The Revolutionary United Front
This chapter assesses the resources, options, and preferences of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) during the 1991–2002 civil war in Sierra Leone. The RUF never attempted to build a network of support prior to initiating the conflict because the group anticipated an easy victory and did not anticipate needing additional resources.
Fresh Reports of RUF Terror Tactics | Human Rights Watch
May 27, 2000 · Human Rights Watch today charged that the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone is imposing a reign of terror on the Masiaka area of Sierra Leone.