The Western powers intervened to stop the bloodshed in Kosovo last year in a conflict that generated wide publicity. Yet the world all but ignored the gratuitous cruelties against civilians at the same time in Sierra Leone's civil
war. Writer Steve Coll and photographer Michel duCille report from Africa's wounded heart. Read the Full Story
Maimed victims sheltered at a camp in Freetown, Sierra
Leone, give a human face to a civil war of brutal
savagery. Enter Victims Gallery
From the strutting pretensions of the revolution’s
leaders to the war-weary faces of its child warriors,
Sierra Leone reveals its rebel players. Enter Rebels Gallery
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Steve Coll, managing editor of the Washington Post, and Post photography editor Michel duCille fielded questions
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Credits
Story by Steve Coll
Photography by Michel duCille
Design by Jayne Matricardi
Photo Editing by Jane Menyawi
Production by Christina De Los Santos
Caption Editing by Kim Kostyal, Ju-Don Roberts, Ben de la Cruz