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Sierra Leone Civil War
– war in West Africa
| Sierra Leone Civil War | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of spillover of the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~20, rebels () | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 50, to 70,< deaths; million displaced internally and externally | |||||||
The Sierra Leonean Civil War (–) was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support from the special forces of Liberian dictator Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government. The resulting civil war lasted almost 11 years, and had over 50,, up to 70,, casualties in total; an estimated million people were displaced during the conflict, and widespread atrocities occurred.
During the first year of the war, the RUF took control of large swathes of territory in eastern and southern