What the records say
- When
- 23 Mar 1991 – 18 Jan 2002
- Kind
- Civil war
- Deaths
- 70,000
- Coordinates
- 8.48° N, 13.23° W
- Type
- Civil war (with foreign intervention)
- Region
- Africa
- Cities
- Freetown
- Side a
- Sierra Leone government (+ later ECOMOG, UK)
- Side b
- Revolutionary United Front (RUF)
- Alliances
- Sierra Leone government (+ later ECOMOG, UK), Revolutionary United Front (RUF)
Placed approximately by the source.
Sierra Leone Civil War
1991–2002 war in West Africa
The Sierra Leone 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, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government.
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3 sources record it
- Global Wars & Armed Conflicts, 1914–2026Kaggle compilationNo licence stated
- UCDP Battle-Related DeathsUppsala Conflict Data Program · names it “Sierra Leone: Government”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikidata: wars and rebellionsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
Includes 3 events
Related events
- Peace Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone, signed at Abidjan ('Abidjan Accord')30 Nov 1996 · Peace agreement
- Communiqué issued at Conakry on 23 October 1997 at the conclusion of the meeting between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Committee of Five on Sierra Leone of the Economic Community of West…23 Oct 1997 · Peace agreement
- Economic Community of West African States six-month peace plan for Sierra Leone (23 October 1997-22 April 1997) (Conakry Peace Plan)23 Oct 1997 · Peace agreement
- Agreement on Ceasefire in Sierra Leone18 May 1999 · Peace agreement
- Statement by the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone on the Release of Prisoners of War and Non-combatants2 Jun 1999 · Peace agreement
- Statement by the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone on the Delivery of Humanitarian Assistance in Sierra Leone3 Jun 1999 · Peace agreement
- Peace Agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone (RUF/SL) (Lome Agreement)7 Jul 1999 · Peace agreement
- Agreement of Ceasefire and Cessation of Hostilities between the Sierra Leone Government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) ('Abuja Ceasefire Agreement')10 Nov 2000 · Peace agreement
- Communiqué on the Cessation of Hostilities between the Civil Defense Force (CDF) and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF)15 May 2001 · Peace agreement