The Rise of Foday Sankoh and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone
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- In March of 1991, the country of Sierra Leone was plunged into an 11 year civil war when fighters of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) launched a war from the east of the country near the border with Liberia to overthrow the government.
At the time, the RUF rebel group was under the leadership of Foday Sankoh who was the founder of this rebel group. During this period, Foday Sankoh had a close relationship with the Liberian warlord turned President, Charles Taylor. They had met in Libya at one of Moammar Gaddafi's training camps for fledgling revolutionary movements on the continent.
In fact, Taylor's troops accompanied the RUF rebels when they invaded Sierra Leone and Taylor assisted the RUF to transport weapons, ammunition, food and medical supplies among other things.
This Civil war in Sierra Leone resulted in the death of an estimated fifty thousand people and the displacement of over half a million people in a nation of just over four million people.
In this episode of African Biographics, we cover the grim story of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front and their leader Foday Sankoh.
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#SierraLeone #FodaySankoh
Good job my brother, I was part of fighting force S/Leon. Though a Nigerian. What a memory.
Thanks for your service to the Sierra Leoneeans. Respect from The Gambia 🇬🇲
Thanks very much for your service. We Sierra Leoneans are proud of you 🇸🇱. Much love and gratitude from Freetown
Which kind of service u wicked Nigerians
As a Liberian, I wish to thank so much for helping to bring peace to our countries. Peace and blessings
How old were you at the time?...do you still suffer from the traumatic experiences of that time and if so;what are those experiences if you don't mind me asking.
Very informative. Hopefully west Africa never sees those dark days again.
Peace is SWEET. Peace, love and unity brings joy in our society. Together We Stand
Gaddafi is the cost of all this war in Africa
I have been following your episodes of African history and today I bumped into one about my country. Keep up the good work and thank you. Sierra Leone today is one of the most peaceful and religious tolerant country in Africa.
I never hear about your country anymore. I've been looking for an African country to buy a home.
Thank you🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱 rip to the lost soul in the war
This was a very dark chapter in a nations History,but today Sierra Leone has become a beacon of hope,for nations that want to heal from devastating conflicts.I say Kudos to the resilience of the people who have worked so hard to lift the nation to the bright era they are experiencing today,thanks for the story.
I have lived there for a couple of years and I must commend them for being able to leave what happened behind them and embrace each other as one people, Mama Salone
I couldn't.
This is what I've been waiting for......keep on with the good job
Good to hear. Africa deserves good leaders.
I am a lover of History and I must say that you are doing a good job digging out Historical facts. Well brother.👍
Thank you
Yes
Excellent summary👍🏼
You did justice to the topic ❤
Luv from SL 🇸🇱
Well what a well tailored masterpiece of information. You have covered all who sat at the leadership chair. Sankho would have led the nation amicably had he stuck to his original ideology of liberating the people from the corrupt one that was in power but selfishness is always lingering nearby and as can be seen he missed out on the opportunity to be a good leader of Sierra Leone. May peace and prosperity prevail for our brothers and sisters in SL.
Thank you for this clear and detailed summary. I was a boy in Sierra Leone and in the early 90's we had to flee. I never really understood what happened... this civil war was complicated, messy, and horrible. For there to be peace and freedom, there must also be truth and acceptance of the truth, and this documentary helps greatly. Cheers!
Hope you’re doing fine now, Sir. Americans don’t understand leaving everything you know and going were you have no idea what is ahead. That’s big
, never doubt yourself after experiencing that!
I was a school boy
pppp
❤ same 😢
This period was extremely horrific time in mama Salone and her children’s life, truly distributing and sad. Sierra Leone is in my opinion are collectively still recovering from this traumatic experiences.
This piece was carefully written and thoroughly explained. Thanks forcthe enlightenment.
You are welcome
Been waiting for this for a min… thanks 🙏🏽
The RUF was like the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia. No mission, no objectives.
What were they even fighting for?
Good point.
They just wanted POWER... That's it right there GREED crazy part is he failed mention how the same President Joseph Momoh is the one who helped Valentine Strassor join the military
You see how things backfire!!! There's so much more to this story
Supported by Gadaffi
I spent a few years in the mid 90s there as ‘contract security’ mostly stopping the illegal mines. I liked the people, always felt as safe as I did in the US in big cities. I found most people were good people no matter what the government or rebel groups were doing. They deserved a republic government.
Please don't stop you are teaching us alot things. We thank you
A dark episode in Sierra Leone. I hope one day things will get better in my country.
Well presented, you have done a brilliant job covering many parts of the African continent, It just so sad that many lives have been lost, innocent lives. God help us all
You do an exceptional job with these.
Thank you for posting.
This is well done! Keep on putting out quality.
Great to see such a beautiful country is recovering from hectic times, I was personally there as a peacekeeping with the British army , May 2000
Simply the best! It's always a treat watching your videos.
Thank you
Good job brother. Keep on feeding us the history. I pray that we Africans would learn about these history and reject future events that would be catastrophic to our well being
Africa Unite~
I really enjoyed watching this video and you had all the fact. And there is a video showed in (5:00) which I have been searching for since I watched it in 1996, if you would please give me a link where I can watch it again I would be so grateful.
No doubt a compelling testament to an episode in Sierra Leone's recent history and it is possible to come back from conflict (in this case, Civil War) and live in relative peace.
Sadly the cost was far too high in terms of human life, internal resources and some of the population being displaced, I've subscribed to the channel and continue to view documentaries on African Biographics - with regards.
Im glad you told the truth abot Ghaddafi. He was involved from the betinning and many people don't know that. The RUF hoped people would join them but they were too violent so the people actually fought against them.
Keep up the good work,you guys are doing an excellent job here...
Foday Sankoh came back to collect the diamonds but was not successful, then who took the diamonds?
It was later found that an army officer named Aydof Hoknas stole them
One day the war will be over
The children who live in darkness
Will finally see the
Great light
We all
We all we all Afrikan people
Dance
Beware brother
Beware Sista
Someone somewhere somehow
Gives the guns
Gets the diamonds
Sits aside and
Watch the slaughter
Not January 16 of 1999 but January 6 they enter the city Freetown and the age of the head of state is not 25 but 29 by that time 1992
Thanks for correcting him with facts! I don't know where he got the source, but retelling history should be done with high sense of caution! Using local sources is very key to provide updated facts.
@@melvinsharty4417 u wlc bro
Sankoh was blood thirsty monster
They needed to have executive him, that guy was a trouble maker
Very good job. Thank-you. Subscribed.
To God be the Glory that all of those wickedness have become history 🇱🇷🇱🇷
Kudos! fascinating Research !
Excellent historical facts...keep it up
GREAT JOB MY BROTHER!!!
I was born in 1995 June in Sierra Leone, wow!
Did you witness the fighting??
the storyteller is from ZIMBABWE shout of to you....
Good information 👍
Charles Tailor and Foday sankoh never met in Libya, but in Sierra Leone maximum prison. It was Ali kabba a brother of former president late Tijan Kabba and Charles Tailor who met in Libya ( from Charles Tailor himself)
Could you please make a video about the slave stuff hapining in libya? Lots of idiots say that the slave trade only happend when gaddafi falled but the slave trade started when people fleed eritrea to libya during 1991 and migrants that got caught turned into slaves and women turned into sexslave
The fucking Africa Political Leaders and Intellectuals are the root cause of poverty on Africa Citizens. Africa is a Rich Continent. Corruption, Corruption, Corruption should be thrown in the dustbin otherwise Africa cannot be developed. The National Cake should be shared equally
@@ebrimasillah2553 having RESOURCE mean nothing the AFRICANS CANNOT govern.
Up till now we are still suffering 🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱
You left out the story about the so call west side boys. Good video bro.
Nice video👌
Ama x ing BBC quality my friend. you just got a subscriber!
Excellent
Its not only Nigeria and ecomog, but the Civil defence militia of Sierra Leone.
Great Documentary…❤️🖤💚
It makes me proud to be British after hearing the part the British played in the success of Sierra Leone
They didn’t play anything. That’s a false narrative
So who overtone strasser? And what is the statement did Kabba made when he was in Guinea.? Thanks
Very interesting
Thank you for sending out these details but you have to do more research on some other areas regarding this biography because am pretty sure you were not properly informed on some other areas...... Try to do More.....
You said it all brother! 👏🏾 wow!!!
Educative
Good documentary but I think you should also do one on charlesTaylor.
Thank for this wonderful history 💗
You are welcome
Can you do the biography of former Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi please
Our finest men played a big role to ensure restoration of peace
The current governance system is nothing to home about - parliament, the judiciary and police, all stinks. May God almighty save our beloved country.
Nice this will help me in school I am about to take my Npse
I assure you, Foday Sankoh is in hell
Which evidence you have for this statement.
I love the factual and non biased representation of the facts , very rare is this age of wokeness, keep up the great work!
Rip ,Fodsy sanko is a lion..
It's a lesson learnt to African dictators period by Steve Irungu Jermaine
I remember the January 6 war in Sierra Leone it's was not really easy for us
love from Bangladesh
No mention of the role of the Norwegian NGO International Alert in diamond dealing and supporting the RUF??
Please give us a story of Rwandan genocide , I want to know everything about Rwanda fall and how fast come back from that deadly genocide
Wow
This Johnny Paul Koroma was in Ottawa Canada , he was fruding the Canadian government 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇸🇱🇸🇱🙏🙏
Next time say the rise and fall in the title pls
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i m not sure if he was the man featured in lord of war movie of nicolas cage
Sankoh and Taylor meet in prison in Sierra Leone during his imprisonment by president Joseph
Well told, but I was waiting to hear how the West Side Boy chapter ended. I remember that they had captured some British soldiers at some point which led the then British PM to intervene ....
Foday kallay and his west side boys where defeated by the British special force....foday kallay is not to be confuse with foday sankoh the RUF leader
Hhh
That war took so long for about 11 years people desplaced
Minor correction the President of Sierra Leone told the UN to make him remove the mercenaries.
I will never forget the 11years car nage
RIP to all the people that lost their lives but our leaders in Sierra Leone are worst than Foday Sankoh
Especially the afrc
Foday Sankoh ws only used because he is a Northerner. Alie Kabba was the Founder and Leader of the RUF in Sierra Leone. Charles Taylor made it clear that Alie Kabba was the one he met at the Mataba in Libya..
Here is another fool that believes in regional ism (tribalism). Like it or not, Sankoh brought the war to alone.
Go and sleep with your northener you guys are everywhere crying
Bmmm......
@@mariamablango6416 you want to deny him, Ibrahim is right
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don’t ask what happened back in 1989 in Sierra Leone
☘️🌹
“The government only wants to steal enough to go into exile somewhere else, and the rebels… They’re not sure they want to take over otherwise they’d have to govern this mess. But uh, TIA right M’ed?”
Rutiousnes is the Spirit of an activist.
They need to be informed us their
I remember that crazy Sankoh rebel but was disloged by the British troops there wasn't such UN somethjng, I think you fail the truth about this. However, the civil war was brutal, and many hands were cut off and was part of 90s Africa rearrangement establishment programme. From Pubuto to seralione to chales tailor. We call old guards changed lol.
Until when west Africa will stop war😭😭 Jesus will control and protect things in west
I surrender all to Jesus Christ name Amen 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 by Steve Irungu Jermaine
After sankoh was arrested no diamond came to Charles Taylor and he resign and escape to Nigeria. Than Urey took Taylor left over diamond and became Liberia richest person.
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With a name like the ‘Revolutionary United Front’ you can tell this group has no political agenda whatsoever. Sankoh could have thought that name up in his sleep. It’s like he was not even trying or that every other possible rebel group name was already taken.
one of the worst criminal in african modern history
Hmm. Its all better now?
Look at them. They're old and dead leaving with bad example for the new generation.
Sierra Leone problem started very long time, up till now the same thing is still happen 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 why Sierra Leone is going through this punishment