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Les événements
Former army Corporal Foday Sankoh leads
Revolutionary United Front (RUF) attacks
on Sierra Leone border towns from Liberia.RUF starts to target civilians in Sierra Leone,
their hallmark being amputations.
120,000 flee to Guinea.RUF takes over Dierra Leone diamond areas.Sierra Leone elections marred by RUF violence.Soldiers release 600 prison inmates and seize power
to form the Armed Forces Ruling Council.ECOMOG (Economic Community Cease-fire Monitoring Group)
launched offensive on Freetown friving out AFRC/RUF.AFRC/RUF attack Freetown killing 6,000 civilians
before ECOMOG push them back.RUF kidnap 500 peacekeepers.
UK sends in paratroopers.
U.N. imposes golbal embargo on
diamond exports from Sierra Leone.
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