brutal campaign of terror marks the civil war that has raged in
the West African country of Sierra Leone over the past eight years.
In all, an estimated 10,000 innocents have been maimed, forced to
live without hands, arms, legs, noses, or ears. The savage mutilation
of innocent civilians by the opposition Revolutionary United Front
(RUF) under rebel chief Foday Sankoh ironically has led to a tenuous
peace, but at a high price. Sankoh is being promised a seat in the
cabinet of democratically elected President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah,
whose government Sankoh has been fighting, in hopes of a cessation
of the brutal atrocities conducted by the RUF. [Overview] |
