Sierra Leone: wathiriwa wa vita
Rais wa zamani wa Liberia Charles Taylor amepatikana na hatia ya uhalifu na uhalifu dhidi ya binadamu na mahakama maalum huko The Hague kwa ajili ya jukumu lake katiika vita vya miaka 11 vya Sierra Leone kati ya 1991-2002 lna kusababisha vifo vya maelfu ya watu.

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Sierra Leone war victim Finnah Dabo sits in front of her tent October 7 in camp in Freetown for amputees and other victims of civil war atrocities. Dabo, whose left hand was amputated by rebels, lives in the camp with her husband and two children, July 10

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Memuna Mansaray, 3, whose right arm was destroyed by terrorist rebels, plays with her brother Ibrahim, 9, boxing playfully at his face, September 1,1999. (AP)

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Sierra Leonean Nethaniel Bemeh, 72, center, who said his leg was shot off at point blank range by terrorist rebels, sits with his neighbors Abubakar Karbu, left, and David Kaiwo, right, who had hands chopped off by rebels, in front of their plastic shelte

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Civilians of Sierra Leone flee eastern rural country to the capital Freetown to escape rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) who have captured 500 UN peacekeeping troops, May 9, 2000. (AFP)