The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002), or the Sierra Leonean Civil War, 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 Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government.

Sierra Leone first became inhabited by indigenous African peoples at least 2,500 years ago. The Limba were the first tribe known to inhabit Sierra Leone. The dense tropical rainforest partially isolated the region from other West African cultures, and it became a refuge for peoples escaping violence and jihads. Sierra Leone was named by Portuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra, who …

Sierra Leone, formellt Republiken Sierra Leone [2] (engelska: Republic of Sierra Leone), är en stat i Västafrika. Den gränsar till Guinea i norr och Liberia i söder och med Atlanten vid kust i väst. [3] Den näst största staden heter Bo. [5 Namn. Under 1400-talet började ...

A virtual guide to Sierra Leone, a tropical country on the coast of West Africa, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in south west, by Liberia in south east and it is half surrounded by Guinea in north and north east. In the late 18th and early 19th century the region around Freetown was used by the British to 'resettle' freed slaves, London's "Black Poor", and many African American refugees …

Historique. Le 14 août 2000, le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies vote la résolution 1315 [1] qui donne un mandat au secrétaire général de l'ONU pour créer un tribunal de juridiction mixte, le TSSL. L'accord est signé en janvier 2002 entre les Nations unies et le gouvernement sierra-léonais et ratifié par le Parlement de Sierra Leone en mars de la même année.