Weak States and Violent Conflicts- The Case of Sierra Leone, 1991-2002

My first experience with war began when i heard about the brutal civil war in Liberia, 1989. This mist, which at first seemed like a man’s fist, blew and turned out to be a tempestuous wind that later hit Sierra Leone with devastating effect, and this became one of the darkest spots in the history of West Africa at the time. Like many people then, and may be future generations, I became interested in why and how such madness was unleashed on Sierra Leone during 1991-2002.