The peace process that has been underway in earnest since the government and the rebels signed an agreement in March is not the first attempt at ending Sierra Leone's agony. But observers on all ...

The rebels, who reneged on previous peace agreements ... a Brussels-based research and advocacy group, said that the Sierra Leone government should make no further deals with the RUF, demand ...

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) -- Sierra Leone said on Tuesday it believed anti-government rebels could be well on the way to defeat and urged British forces to stay in the warring African country to ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- The rebels were known for asking their victims if they preferred "long sleeves" or "short sleeves." They then cut off the hands of those who chose the first option and ...

Forceful military intervention by Britain, Guinea and the United Nations crushed the rebels, and Sierra Leone formally declared the war over in early 2002 and soon after held peaceful elections.

The rebels — known for maiming their victims with machetes — left Sierra Leone with a population of amputees, as well as thousands of orphans and widows. Issa Sesay, an interim leader of the ...

lawless rebels by night. The British have brought in hundreds of troops to retrain and re-equip the Sierra Leone military and police forces, and have sent advisers to most government ministries.

Kabbah said Taylor, now besieged by rebels in Liberia seeking his ouster, played a key role in the deployment of Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (search) rebels, who waged a brutal 1991 ...

(AP) LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment Wednesday for arming and supporting murderous rebels in Sierra Leone in return for ...

FREETOWN, Sierra LeoneFREETOWN, Sierra Leone — The rebels were known for asking their victims if they preferred “long sleeves” or “short sleeves.” They then cut off the hands of those ...