The Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group was a West African multilateral armed force established by the Economic Community of West African States. ECOMOG was a formal arrangement
A Nigerian ECOMOG soldier outside Monrovia, Liberia (1997)
Malian ECOMOG troops in front of Mali Air Force's MiG-21bis fighter aircraft at Bamako–Sénou Airport in Mali (1997)
Sierra Leone Civil War
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The Sierra Leonean Civil War was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Liberian dictator Charles Taylor,
Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group
…ECOWAS later deployed ECOMOG forces to other conflicts: 1997 — Sierra Leone, to stop the RUF rebellion. 1999 — Guinea-Bissau, to end the Guinea-Bissau Civil War…
SLA soldiers and mercenaries
Alluvial diamond miner
A British Sea Harrier jet, such as those used to support government forces
A school destroyed during the civil war, in Kono, eastern Sierra Leone.