Greedy elites, dwindling resources, alienated youths: the anatomy of protracted violence in Sierra Leone

Keen, David ORCID: 0000-0002-7218-8378 (2003) Greedy elites, dwindling resources, alienated youths: the anatomy of protracted violence in Sierra Leone. Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft, 2003 (3). pp. 67-94. ISSN 0945-2419

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Abstract

The war in Sierra Leone was ignited in March 1991 when a small band of rebels, supported by Liberian rebel Charles Taylor, attacked from Liberia. But it was underlying resentments inside Sierra Leone that turned this relatively small incursion into a conflict that displaced close to half the population.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.fes.de/ipg/sets_d/arc_d.htm
Additional Information:	© 2003 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Divisions:	International Development
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DT Africa H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	15 Oct 2014 08:20
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 06:44
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/59756

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