During Sierra Leone’s civil war ... Watch documented instances in which children recruited to the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) were compelled to commit abuses under threat of death or ...

The conditions include a radio and television apology to the victims of his crimes and to the people of Sierra Leone. Between 1991 and 2001, the RUF carried out a series of atrocities in order to ...

Hundreds of former RUF, West Side Boys and CDF combatants in Sierra Leone crossed over to fight as mercenaries with either the Liberian government or the LURD. There were also credible reports of ...