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Forgotten victims still suffering
A third of women were victims of sexual violence during Sierra Leone's civil war
'A war of unimaginable atrocities'
Joe N'Damena, who was responsible for aid distribution at a Methodist church in Freetown, describes the 1999 rebel attack that brought Sierra Leone's brutal civil war to the capital.
The end of lawlessness
Arnauld Akodjenou, the former head of the UN mission to Sierra Leone, talks to newstatesman.com about civil war, Charles Taylor, diamonds and how Tony Blair saved his life









