Permanent historical factsheet

UN Hostage Crisis

Name: UN Hostage Crisis – Sierra Leone factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Sierra Leone · Warfare / Sierra Leone Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2000Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

2000

Foday SankohMay 2000

Makeni · Warfare / Sierra Leone Civil War

RUF fighters seize UN peacekeepers and threaten the peace process

Names involved

Foday Sankoh

Provenance

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