Hope-Sierra Leone

Ex-combatants from Civil Defence Forces and Revolutionary United Front embrace Hope-Sierra Leone founder at reconciliation rally, Bo, in December 2002. More to follow...

Joint Peace Tree planting in Bo and Makeni. Former enemies pledge non-violence.

At a reconciliation conference in Switzerland, August 2002, the Minister for Internal Affairs and Security, Chief Samuel Hinga Norman embraced former enemy and ex-president, Lt. Col. (ret.) Johnny Paul Koroma, MP in a gesture of reconciliation.

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RUF and CDF meetings

Hope-Sierra Leone has facilitated workshops on reconciliation and non-violent communication between ground commanders and senior officials from both RUFP and CDF in Bo and Makeni in December 2002.

One UN military observer commented: “I have been in Sierra Leone for 12 months and have never experienced such a historic event. You have succeeded in bringing the RUF and the CDF together to reconcile for the first time after the end of the war. We are very happy for this historic event and we’ll send a report to our mission Headquarters in Freetown and New York.”

A symbolic tree planting ceremony was conducted in both towns.