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Article: Caged, but unlikely to hang; War crimes in Sierra Leone.(The trial of Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leone's rebel leader)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- March 23, 2002
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Foday Sankoh, the rebel whose troops severed countless limbs, is on trial
VISIBLY thinner and weaker after two years in detention, Foday Sankoh is finally in the dock. He was sentenced to death in 1998, but then pardoned, as part of a peace agreement between his rebel army, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), and the government of Sierra Leone. Mr Sankoh allegedly carried on having people chopped up, however, and is now answering to a local court. If it finds him guilty, it could put him to death.
After a decade of civil war that left an estimated 50,000 dead, things are looking brighter for Sierra Leone. The fighting appears to be over, the rebels ...