Two decades of conflict and democracy in Sierra Leone, a personal experience

This Report is an attempt to traverse Sierra Leone’s story of war and democracy from personal experience.

There is little doubt in my mind that international intervention during the difficult times of the 1990s in Sierra Leone represents a success story in ending a brutal war that engulfed this small West African country for over a decade. Sierra Leone bestowed upon itself notoriety for a horrendous fratricidal war, the trademarks of which were amputations, the employment of child soldiers, the use of sex slaves, and looting and burning of both public and private properties.  

About the author:

H.E. Alhaj Ahmad Tejan Kabbah is a former President of the Republic of Sierra Leone (1996−2007) and a former high-level official of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), where he worked for over 20 years.