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Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone

Forgotten victims still suffering

Forgotten victims still suffering

  • By Tania Bernath
  • 22 June 2007

A third of women were victims of sexual violence during Sierra Leone's civil war

'A war of unimaginable atrocities'

'A war of unimaginable atrocities'

  • By Joe N'Damena
  • 22 June 2007

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

The end of lawlessness

  • By Tom Marchbanks
  • 22 June 2007

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

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