Foday Sankoh
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Foday Saybana Sankoh (17 October 1937 – 29 July 2003) was a Sierra Leonean rebel leader who was the founder and commander of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel group, which was supported by the Charles Taylor-led NPFL in the 11-year-long Sierra Leone Civil War, starting in 1991 and ending in 2002. An estimated 50,000 people were killed during the war, and over 500,000 people were displaced into neighboring countries.
Death
Sankoh died in hospital of complications arising from a stroke whilst awaiting trial on the night of 29 July 2003.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In a statement by the UN-backed war crimes court, chief prosecutor David Crane said that Sankoh's death granted him "a peaceful end that he denied to so many others".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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- 1937 births
- 2003 deaths
- Sierra Leonean rebels
- Sierra Leonean military personnel
- Vice-presidents of Sierra Leone
- People indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone
- African warlords
- Temne people
- Genocide perpetrators
- People from Tonkolili District
- People of the Sierra Leone Civil War
- Revolutionary United Front politicians
- Heads of state and government who were later imprisoned
- Sierra Leonean people who died in prison custody