In March 1991, civil war broke out when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) invaded the country from Liberia in order to overthrow the government. The RUF’s actions were denounced for their extreme violence and the conflict over diamond extraction.
At the request of the United Nations High Commissioner, members of EAAF carried out in 2002 a preliminary investigation into deaths and presumed burial sites of victims of the armed conflict, conducting interviews with victims and their families, visiting burial locations and evaluating local capacities.
