Sierra Leone Civil War |
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Date | 23 March 1991 – 18 January 2002 (10 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) |
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Location | Sierra Leone |
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Result | Commonwealth victory |
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Belligerents |
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Sierra Leone
- SLA (before and after the AFRC)
- CDF (Kamajors, Tamaboros, Kapras, etc)
United Kingdom(2000–2002)
Guinea ECOMOG Forces(1998–2000) Executive Outcomes(1995–1996) Supported by:
United States
Belarus
UNAMSIL
Bangladesh India Pakistan(2001–2005) Kenya Russia(1999–2005) Ukraine(1999–2005) Nigeria Norway New Zealand Ghana Jordan Germany
| RUF
AFRC(1997–2002) West Side Boys(1998–2000)
Liberia(1997–2002)
Supported by:
Libya
Burkina Faso |
Commanders and leaders |
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Joseph Saidu Momoh
Valentine Strasser
Julius Maada Bio
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
Samuel Hinga Norman
Yahya Kanu
Solomon Musa
Moinina Fofana
Allieu Kondewa
Tony Blair
David Richards
Lansana Conté
Maxwell Khobe
 Vijay Jetley
 Daniel Opande | Foday Sankoh
Sam Bockarie
Issa Sesay
Augustine Gbao
Johnny Paul Koroma
Foday Kallay
Charles Taylor
Benjamin Yeaten |
Strength |
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4,000+ government soldiers and militiamen(1999) ECOMOG: 700+ Nigerian soldiers
6,000 UNAMSIL soldiers, 260 military observers, 4 Russian Mil Mi-24s(1999)
~4,500 deployed into theatre (1,300 ashore) | ~20,000 rebels(1999) |
Casualties and losses |
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50,000 to 70,000 casualties 2.5 million displaced internally and externally |