Ahmad Tejan Kabbah

at achieving sustainable peace settlements. The issue with the unsuccessful negotiated agreement was not the terms addressed but the influence of the interested parties (the UN, United Kingdom, and the United States) in the negotiated agreement. They stipulate that interested parties “…used their clout and leverage to impress on the RUF in particular that a negotiated settlement was the only path to follow...” (Kaldor & Vincent, 2006; Kobbah, 2012). Based on this stipulation, it could be assumed that the RUF were not ready for negotiations as they were compelled to sign the negotiated agreement, as interested outside parties were seeking for immediate resolution of conflic which was short termed. According to Gberie, (2002) “When Ahmad Tejan Kabbah became president, he accelerated efforts begun by the military to arrange a peace agreement with the RUF. A deal was ultimately signed in Abidjan in November 1996, stating that the war was ending ‘with immediate effect’ (Gberie, 2002, p. 3). Unfortunately, this reuslted in the nonparticipation of the RUF in the elections and their hurling of atrocities on civilians by amputating the hands and feets of wommen, children, and even babies. Furthermore, it resulted in the formation of another armed group Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC), who executed more malicious terror and vandalism on civilians (Gberie, 2002). Obviously, the negotiated peace agreement was rushed by the ruling party and contributed to its failure. Inclusion…

Theory Application: Mohamed Mohamed Bah grew up in a small village in Sierra Leone called Motema (p. 98). When he was a young boy he lived with his mother but then went to live with his older brother, 1 of 25 siblings, in Freetown, Sierra Leone (p. 98). Mohamed follows the Muslim faith, has short hair, skin the color of coffee beans, and a deep widows peak (p. 84). While in Freetown, Mohamed attended the Hope Day School and was given the opportunity to come to the United States of America (US)…

killed because of their beliefs or how they looked or acted. This war was between a rebel group called the R.U.F a group of rebels and the government of Sierra leone.The R.U.F said that they were fighting for a democracy but they would also fight and kill innocent civilians. The R.U.F used diamonds to fuel a brutal civil war they would sell the diamonds or trade them for weapons for ten years diamonds fueled the war. They would also mutilat civilians for diamonds these was a common thing for…