The contemporary political history of
Sierra Leone
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The history in general of Sierra Leone
- A Discussion of Sierra Leonean Issues
- From Africa Confidential, 3 February 1995. The civil war.
- Letters from Africa
- By Alistair Coker, 7 April 1995. Life in Freetown during the war.
- Epitaph?
- By Kelfala M. Kallon, 16 April 1995. A letter written as RUF forces
approach Freetown, asking what had happened to Sierra Leonean society.
- State-run Radio in Sierra Leone Announces Military
Coup
- 16 January 1996. Military ruler Capt. Valentine Strasser, who came
to power April 1992 in another military coup, is ousted by Brig.
Julius Maada Bio.
- Sierra Leone: Documents on Coup
- 26 April 1997. The Kabbah government installed in 1996 after long
negotation among factions, was ousted on 25 May, 1997, by a coup headed
by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC).