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Forgotten victims still suffering

By Tania Bernath - 22 June

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

'A war of unimaginable atrocities'

By Joe N'Damena - 22 June

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

By Tom Marchbanks - 22 June

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