17 May 2000Arrest of SankohFoday Sankoh
Sankoh is captured and detained after the RUF hostage crisis
Historical records for Sierra Leone in 2000, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Sankoh is captured and detained after the RUF hostage crisis
Foday Sankoh is arrested after violence near his Freetown residence
Kabbah government seeks British support as RUF advances threaten Freetown
RUF fighters seize UN peacekeepers and threaten the peace process
West Side Boys militia suffers defeat during British rescue operation
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