11 AFP, "UN-backed court in Sierra Leone will not try child soldiers", 27 November 2003. 12 AI, Sierra Leone: Special Court rejects amnesty for the worst crimes known to humanity, 18 March 2004.

Mental health services are very limited. They witnessed horrible violence, were subjected to systematic abuse and, in many cases, were forced to become combatants themselves.
Children were at the core of the brutal civil war that gripped Sierra Leone.

B. Zack-Williams This article examines the factors which have brought children into social movements challenging those wielding political power in Sierra Leone.

The conflict in Sierra Leone dates from March 1991 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. It reviews the manner of their recruitment and the roles they have played in the civil war. Child Soldiers in the Civil War in Sierra Leone A.

Rape, mutilation, forced prostitution and senseless killings were part of …
The first study took a longitudinal look at adjustment in former child solders involved in Sierra Leone's bloody civil war.

Sierra Leone is a country notorious for its use of child soldiers in its 10-year civil war.

The AK-47 is the weapon of choice for child soldiers, as it is light and easy to use but can discharge 600 rounds per minute. This lesson will briefly summarize the Sierra Leone Civil War, how and why it started, and the key events of Sierra Leone's civil war from its beginning in 1991 to its end in 2002. 14 ICG, op. In fact, Dr. Edward Nahim is the sole psychiatrist for Sierra Leone. cit. As for the rest of the former child soldiers in Sierra Leone, many efforts were taken following the end of the civil war to provide counseling, but that help has gradually waned. In Africa up to 100,000 children are thought to have been involved in armed conflict last year. 13 AI, Liberia: The promises of peace for 21,000 child soldiers, 17 May 2004.