<P> The Sierra Leone Civil War ( 1991 -- 2002 ) began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front ( RUF ) , with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor 's National Patriotic Front of Liberia ( NPFL ) , intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government . The resulting civil war lasted 11 years , enveloped the country , and left over 50,000 dead . </P>
<P> The Sierra Leone Civil War ( 1991 -- 2002 ) began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front ( RUF ) , with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor 's National Patriotic Front of Liberia ( NPFL ) , intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government . The resulting civil war lasted 11 years , enveloped the country , and left over 50,000 dead . </P>
when did the war start in sierra leone
when did the war start in sierra leone
23 March 1991
23 March 1991