a civil war
A civil war that has raged for seven years in the small West African country of Sierra Leone has turned increasingly brutal. (1, p.1) Rebels are mutilating civilians without much response from the international community. A strong Nigerian contingency has tried to suppress the rebellion, but the rebels continue to cause major trouble in Sierra Leone. The rebels overthrew President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. However, President Kabbah returned to office on March 10, 1998 to face the task of restoring order to a demoralized population and a disorganized and severely damaged economy. (2, p.1) The country of Sierra Leone is located in western Africa between the countries of Guinea and Liberia, and it borders the North Atlantic Ocean. The actual area of Sierra Leone is slightly smaller than the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population of Sierra Leone is about 5,080,000 people. Its legal system is based on English law and customary laws indigenous to local tribes. Sierra Leone's government consists of three branches, the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch. President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah was inaugurated March 29, 1996, and President Kabbah is both the chief of state and the head of government. The
Some of the inmates included soldiers jailed for plotting against President Kabbah. Kabala is the cattle capital of Sierra Leone and the rebels cut off all food supply routes to and from the city. Nigerian-led troops backed by warplanes and heavy artillery were battling to push Sierra Leone's unrecognized military leaders out of power and restore power to President Kabbah. With the rebels pushing their assault to the center of Freetown, United Nations officials fled Sierra Leone's capital. 2) The Nigerians did receive support as a Nigerian C-130 Hercules landed with troops and supplies. A former government minister and nine others were sentenced to death for collaborating with the bloody 1997 coup. Waterloo, 18 miles east of Freetown, was the closest the rebels had come to the capital, since President Kabbah was reinstated. However, Sankoh's group opposed the council and the council talks broke down before a final settlement of the 20-member council could be reached. The leaders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) took command and assigned Koroma to a secondary role. Hopefully, the peace talks will move forward and gain considerable progress. On March 10, 1998, ten months after the military coup force Kabbah from power, President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah triumphantly returned to power in the battered city of Freetown in Sierra Leone.
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