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The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) was a rebel group that fought a failed eleven-year war in Sierra Leone, beginning in 1991 and ending in 2002. It later transformed into a political party, which still exists today.
Jan 16, 2017 · The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) was a rebel army that fought in the Sierra Leone Civil War, 1991–2002. The RUF was created by Foday Sankoh along with allies that included Abu Kanu, Rashid Mansaray, and most of the Mende ethnic group in the southern and eastern provinces of the country.
Revolutionary United Front (RUF), guerrilla unit formed in 1991 in Sierra Leone whose actions created instability in the country that led to the overthrow of the government and a long civil war. The group later financed itself through control of the country’s diamond resources and for 11 years.
- Richard Mchugh
Dec 13, 2006 · A Nigerian-led West African peace-keeping force was attempting to enforce an end to the uprising of Charles Taylor in Liberia, and mounted air attacks on Taylor's allies, the RUF, to cut supply lines from Sierra Leone.
- Paul Richards
- 2006
Aug 28, 2019 · The former rebel party Revolutionary United Front Party (RUFP) in Sierra Leone has struggled with a discredited wartime reputation and electoral defeats throughout the post-war period. In spite of this, the party has remained loyal to its wartime revolutionary ideas, symbols and political rhetoric.
- Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs
- 2021
Mar 15, 1997 · To understand the historical and sociological processes which gave birth to RUF, with which this article is concerned, it is necessary to situate the investigation within the context of Sierra Leone's political culture, especially the glaring absence of a radical post-colonial alternative.
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May 21, 2001 · There have been reports that individual RUF fighters have been descending on UN camps in the north and east of the country to disarm, but timid UN troops, fearful of offending the RUF command,...
