씨 애라 리온 이 라는 나라 를 알리 가 업 따 . 그러나 보스턴 싸이트 애서 보 니 1991 년 부터 2002 까지 엽 나라 인 리 배리 아 지도자 , 테일러 란 놈 이 반군 을 도와서 일으킨 네 전 이 엇 는대 지난달 26 일 국재 재판 소애 서 그 당시 리 배리 아 지도자 를 범죄인 으로 규정 , 죄명 은 엽 나라 놈 으로 반군 을 무장 하 여 살인 , 강간 등 으로 5 만 명 이 사망 , 어린애 들 을 동원 , 군인 으로 이용 하 는가 하 면 반역자 는 사지 를 절단 하 여 병신 으로 멘 드 는 대 압 장 , 말 도 안 대 는 전 젱 을 일으킨 장본인 . 이미 전 젱 후 10 년 이 흘 럿지만 새개 애서 가장 못 사 는 나라 로 변 헤 . 그 회복 이 멈추 엇 다고 헤 도 과언 이 아닐 듯 . After 10 years of civil war , Sierra Leone is at peace . Charles G . Taylor , the former president of Liberia and once a powerful warlord , was convicted April 26 by an international tribunal of 11 counts of planning , aiding and abetting war crimes committed in Sierra Leone during it ' s civil war in the 1990 s . Taylor was guilty of involvement in crimes against humanity and war crimes , including murder , rape , slavery and the use of child soldiers . Prosecutors alleged that Taylor , from his base in neighboring Liberia , directed and armed the rebels and because of that , bears direct responsibility for the results of that war . The eleven - year conflict ( from 1991 - 2002 ) left more than 50 , 000 dead and was marked by unprovoked and unjustified violence - especially the amputation of limbs . Sierra Leone is peaceful , a decade later , but is among the world ' s poorest countries , with a much longer recovery in store . Reuters ' Photographer Finbarr O ' Reilly gives us a glimpse of life in the West African nation today . People walk through the town of Kailahun in eastern Sierra Leone . Sierra Leone ' s 11 - year conflict from 1991 - 2002 left over 50 , 000 dead and became a byword for gratuitous violence , especially the amputation of limbs . A decade later , the West African nation is peaceful , but among the world ' s poorest . It is due to hold elections in November . April 23 , 2012 . Containers of palm oil lie in front of a store in the town of Kailahun in eastern Sierra Leone , April 23 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) The remote border post between Liberia and Sierra Leone , where fighters from Liberia entered on March 23 , 1991 , and triggered the start of the civil war , in the village of Bomaru , eastern Sierra Leone , April 22 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) Brothers Junisa , 12 , and Momo Kabba , 13 , whose parents and grandparents were killed during the civil war , now work tilling rice fields for the equivalent of US $ 0 . 70 per day , in the village of Bomaru , where the conflict started in 1991 in eastern Sierra Leone , April 22 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) A sign commemorating the start of the civil war is displayed at a memorial site where the conflict began , in the village of Bomaru , eastern Sierra Leone , April 22 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) A wall in a building , notoriously called the " Slaughterhouse , " where rebel civil war victims were reportedly butchered using machetes and knives , is splattered with what local residents say are human bloodstains , in the town of Kailahun , eastern Sierra Leone , April 23 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) A headstone marks the mass grave of rebel victims in the village of Bomaru where the conflict started in 1991 , in eastern Sierra Leone , April 22 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) Graffiti scrawled by Revolutionary United Front ( RUF ) rebels in the town of Kailahun in eastern Sierra Leone , April 23 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) Olympic hopeful Abdul Rashid Bangura , 27 , shadow boxes while training at the national stadium in Sierra Leone ' s capital Freetown , April 25 , 2012 . Sierra Leone ' s national boxing team was scrambling to raise money to send athletes to an Olympic qualifying event , but lack of financing and government support means the competition is likely out of reach for most of the national team . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) Pupils attend a Koranic school in the town of Small Sefoda in eastern Sierra Leone , April 22 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) A boy stands in an abandoned home that was damaged during the 1991 - 2002 civil war , with graffiti scrawled by the Revolutionary United Front ( RUF ) rebels , in the town of Kailahun in eastern Sierra Leone , April 23 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) Diamonds lie on a table beside a mobile phone in the town of Koidu , in eastern Sierra Leone , April 21 , 2012 . Fighting in the 1991 - 2002 civil war was focused on controlling the diamond fields , and the profits from the stones provided the funding to the warring sides . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) Artisanal miners pan for diamonds , which fueled the 1991 - 2002 civil war , in the town of Koidu in eastern Sierra Leone , April 21 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) An artisanal miner pans for diamonds in the town of Koidu , April 21 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) A sheet advertising a traditional medicine doctor ' s services hangs outside his home by the roadside in the town of Small Sefoda in eastern Sierra Leone , April 22 , 2012 . With poor health services , some in Sierra Leone rely on traditional medicines . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) A hacked stump stands in the midst of a logged area in eastern Sierra Leone , April 22 , 2012 . Logging is illegal in Sierra Leone , but remains the leading cause of environmental degradation , according to the European Union . Population pressure , common slash and burn methods and illegal logging mean the country ' s bountiful forests could disappear by 2018 , according to the Forestry Ministry . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) A worker carries charcoal through a slashed and burned area in eastern Sierra Leone , April 20 , 2012 . Population pressure , common slash and burn methods and illegal logging mean the country ' s bountiful forests could disappear by 2018 , according to the Forestry Ministry . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) A boy working to make charcoal stands in a slashed and burned area in eastern Sierra Leone April 20 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) A forest burns in eastern Sierra Leone April 23 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) A woman uses a net to catch fish in a pool of water near the city of Makeni in Sierra Leone , April 20 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) Kadiatu Kauma , 24 , sits in a hospital with gunshot wounds to her arm , stomach and back after police opened fire on a crowd of protestors in the mining town of Bumbuna , April 19 , 2012 . A woman was shot and killed and several others were wounded when police opened fire on a crowd protesting wages and working conditions at the British mining company African Minerals , according to witnesses , hospital staff and police officials . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) Komba Nyanku , 12 , ( who wants to become a lawyer ) and his friend , Abdoulaye Marrah , 12 , ( who dreams of being a pilot ) in the town of Koidu in eastern Sierra Leone , April 21 , 2012 . Neither of the boys have money to pay school fees . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) Girls selling sweets watch from their makeshift kiosk while other boys and girls their age attend school in the city of Makeni in Sierra Leone , April 20 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) Sia Mondeh , 12 , who would like to become a lawyer , in Koidu in eastern Sierra Leone , April 21 , 2012 . Mondeh has no money for school fees . The West African nation is now peaceful , but among the world ' s poorest . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) Guests attend a wedding in Koidu in eastern Sierra Leone , April 21 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters Groom Mohamed Araphan Kabba and his bride , Fatmata Kabba , celebrate their wedding with guests in Koidu in eastern Sierra Leone , April 21 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) A grandmother gives her grandchildren lessons on their porch in Sierra Leone ' s capital , Freetown , April 24 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters ) People living in makeshift apartments at an abandoned former presidential palace look out from a balcony in Sierra Leone ' s capital , Freetown , April 24 , 2012 . ( Finbarr O ' Reilly / Reuters )