23 March 1991
RUF Invasion
RUF fighters enter eastern Sierra Leone from Liberia and begin the civil war
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Kailahun in Sierra Leone. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
RUF fighters enter eastern Sierra Leone from Liberia and begin the civil war
Foday Sankoh leads the Revolutionary United Front into Kailahun District
Government forces struggle to contain RUF attacks in the eastern districts
Provenance
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