Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Voices from the Battlefield: Ex-Combatants' Views on Root Causes of the War and Their Reasons for Participation
- 2 The Socio-Economic Crisis of Rural Youth
- 3 Conflict in Sierra Leone and Recruits to the War
- 4 The World of the RUF
- 5 Malfunctions and Atrocities
- 6 Cultivating Peace: RUF Ex-Combatants' Involvement in Post-War Agricultural Projects
- 7 Footpaths to Reintegration? Agrarian Solutions for the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants
- 8 Conclusion: The RUF as a Rural Underclass Project
- Epilogue
- Annex I A Chronology
- Annex II Overview: Interviewed Ex-RUF Combatants
- References
- Index
- THE INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN LIBRARY
Annex I - A Chronology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Voices from the Battlefield: Ex-Combatants' Views on Root Causes of the War and Their Reasons for Participation
- 2 The Socio-Economic Crisis of Rural Youth
- 3 Conflict in Sierra Leone and Recruits to the War
- 4 The World of the RUF
- 5 Malfunctions and Atrocities
- 6 Cultivating Peace: RUF Ex-Combatants' Involvement in Post-War Agricultural Projects
- 7 Footpaths to Reintegration? Agrarian Solutions for the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants
- 8 Conclusion: The RUF as a Rural Underclass Project
- Epilogue
- Annex I A Chronology
- Annex II Overview: Interviewed Ex-RUF Combatants
- References
- Index
- THE INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN LIBRARY
Summary
1991
23 March, RUF enters Sierra Leone at Bomaru, Kailahun district
A second group enters Sierra Leone a few days later at Bo Waterside, Pujehun district
27 March, 300 RUF fighters capture the town of Buedu, Kailahun district
April, supported by 1,200 Nigerian and 300 Guinean forces, the RSLMF still fails to contain the insurgents
April, Guinean troops successfully defend the bridge at Daru
April, anti-Taylor Liberians in Sierra Leone form ULIMO to fight the RUF and advance to the mining and timber areas of eastern Sierra Leone. One contingent bases itself afterwards at Mattru-on-the-Rails, near Bo
June/July, the RUF controls a fifth of the country in southern and eastern SL
July/August, a small Nigerian detachment is deployed to protect the bridge over the Sewa River, at Gondama, south of Bo
August, President Momoh revises constitution to reintroduce a multi-party system, backed by 60 percent of voters in a referendum
October, Captain Prince Benjamin-Hirsch murdered by fellow soldiers
Late 1991, ULIMO forces enter Liberia from Sierra Leone, and directly engage with Taylor's NPFL
1992
March, according to the RUF, the Liberian special forces are sent back to Liberia
29 April, successful military coup by young officers from Daru
April, RUF announces a unilateral cease-fire through the BBC World Service
May, Strasser offers amnesty to the RUF fighters in return for unconditional surrender
May, NPRC declares a state of emergency
May, RUF calls a halt to ambushes and proposes peace negotiations, but the NPRC does not respond. Several key RUF figures are killed by the army and peace plans are off the agenda
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- War and the Crisis of Youth in Sierra Leone , pp. 249 - 256Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011