| LC control no. | sh 00004248 |
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| LC classification | DT516.826 DT516.828 |
| Geographic heading | Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002 |
| Found in | Work cat.: 00062563: Hirsch, J.L. Sierra Leone : Diamonds and the struggle for democracy, 2000: CIP galley, front matter (Sierra Leone's bitter experience with civil war ... has raged for at least a decade ... downward spiral of civil conflict since 1991, flawed efforts at peace negotiations in 1996 and 1999) Europa yearbook, 1999: p. 3105 (In mid-1991 government troups, with the assistance of military units from Nigeria and Guinea, initiated a counter-offensive against the rebels) Yahoo, Aug. 22, 2000 (Civil War is used as an index term under Sierra Leone) Global Policy Forum, Security Council [United Nations], Aug. 22, 2000 (Since 1991, the civil war between the Sierra Leone government and the rebel group Revolutionary United Front (RUF) has crippled the small African nation ... In July, 1999 the warring parties signed the Lomé Peace Agreement ... The UN Mission in Sierra Leone was est. in Oct. 1999 to help implement the Lomé Agreement and assist the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process. However, fighting continued, and an unprecendented crisis unfolded in May 2000 as hundreds of UN peacekeepers were taken hostage by the RUF.) 2007327567: Ekeator, Chima. Battalion 7, 2007: p. 182 (Sierra Leone War officially ended Jan. 18, 2002) Wikipedia, Feb. 28, 2008 (Sierra Leone Civil War declared over on Jan. 18, 2002) Africa South of the Sahara, 2006: p. 1039 (Sierra Leone War declared over in Jan. 2002) |
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