Sierra Leone Civil War
Date23 March 1991 – 18 January 2002
(10 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Location
Sierra Leone
ResultCommonwealth victory
Belligerents

Sierra LeoneSierra 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
United NationsUNAMSIL

  •  Bangladesh
  •  India
  •  Pakistan(2001–2005)
  •  Kenya
  •  Russia(1999–2005)
  •  Ukraine(1999–2005)
  •  Nigeria
  •  Norway
  •  New Zealand
  •  Ghana
  •  Jordan
  •  Germany

Sl RUF.png RUF
Sierra LeoneAFRC(1997–2002)
West Side Boys(1998–2000)
LiberiaLiberia(1997–2002)

  • NPFL(1991–2002)

Supported by:

 Libya
 Burkina Faso
Commanders and leaders
Sierra LeoneJoseph Saidu Momoh
Sierra LeoneValentine Strasser
Sierra LeoneJulius Maada Bio
Sierra LeoneAhmad Tejan Kabbah
Sierra LeoneSamuel Hinga Norman
Sierra LeoneYahya Kanu
Sierra LeoneSolomon Musa
Sierra LeoneMoinina Fofana
Sierra LeoneAllieu Kondewa
United KingdomTony Blair
United KingdomDavid Richards
GuineaLansana Conté
NigeriaMaxwell Khobe
United NationsIndiaVijay Jetley
United NationsKenyaDaniel Opande
Sl RUF.png Foday Sankoh
Sl RUF.png Sam Bockarie
Sl RUF.png Issa Sesay
Sl RUF.png Augustine Gbao
Sierra LeoneJohnny Paul Koroma
Sierra LeoneFoday Kallay
LiberiaCharles Taylor
LiberiaBenjamin Yeaten
Strength
Sierra Leone4,000+ government soldiers and militiamen(1999)
ECOMOG: 700+ Nigerian soldiers
United Nations6,000 UNAMSIL soldiers, 260 military observers, 4 Russian Mil Mi-24s(1999)
United Kingdom~4,500 deployed into theatre (1,300 ashore)
Sl RUF.png ~20,000 rebels(1999)
Casualties and losses
50,000 to 70,000 casualties
2.5 million displaced internally and externally