The rebels who started the civil war in Sierra Leone in 2002 wanted only one thing: to reclaim the richness of the country from foreign corporations in order to end the exploitation of its people. In response, the international community decided to wage a war on this country, with bombs, executions, torture, rigged elections and manipulation of the international media. This created one of the worst humanitarian disasters of the 20th century.
The Empire in Africa
The story of the war the international community waged against civil war stricken Sierra Leone.
