Foday Saybana Sankoh (17 October 1937 – 29 July 2003) was the founder of the Sierra Leone rebel group Revolutionary United Front (RUF), which was supported by Charles Taylor-led NPFL in the 11-year-long Sierra Leone Civil War, starting in 1991 and ending in 2002. An estimated 50,000 people were killed during the war, and overContinue reading “FODAY SAYBANA SANKOH”
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HOW LIBYA BECAME A FAILED STATE
By Moono John The 2011 will always be remembered as the year the world was treated to an uprising in the Arab nations of North Africa. Tunisia perhaps is the most stable nation today among those that the Arab spring swept through. In Egypt, the country has seen the ousting of two presidents since theContinue reading “HOW LIBYA BECAME A FAILED STATE”