Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the west coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is
Fragments of prehistoric pottery from Kamabai Rock Shelter
Bunce Island, 1805, during the period the slave facility was run by John and Alexander Anderson
Sierra leone, sapi, olifante, c. 1490-1510
An Ivory Hunting Horn, Sapi people, Modern day Bullom or Temne People, Sierra Leone, late 15th century
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,
Sierra Leone
…was succeeded by Joseph Saidu Momoh. Momoh's enactment of a new constitution in 1991 reintroduced a multi-party system. That same year, a protracted civil war broke out between the government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel group. The conflict, characterised by multiple coups d'état, persisted…
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.