Sierra Leone

State · 1961–2026 CE · at its largest around 1961 CE

West African country, founded as a British colony for freed slaves at Freetown, which gained independence in 1961. A brutal civil war lasted from 1991 to 2002.

On its lands while it lasted

• Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002 CE): Civil war in which the Revolutionary United Front, funded partly by diamonds, committed widespread atrocities against civilians.

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