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Events relating to sierra leone
A British ship lands a party of freed slaves as the first modern settlers in Sierra Leone, on the west coast of Africa
The British government uses Freetown, in Sierra Leone, as a base in the fight against the slave trade
Former British colony Sierra Leone becomes an independent state within the Commonwealth
The Revolutionary United Front, led by Foday Sankoh, attacks Sierra Leone from bases in Liberia
The civilian president of Sierra Leone, Ahmad Kabbah, is ousted in a military coup led by Johnny Koroma
Nigerian forces expel Johnny Koroma from Freetown and reinstate Sierra Leone's elected civilian president, Ahmad Kabbah
President Kabbah and the guerrilla leader Foday Sankoh arrange for shared government in Sierra Leone
The UN commits 6000 troops to a peace-keeping role in war-torn Sierra Leone