This day in history, February, 18 2002: one of the most brutal and heinous war ended in Sierra Leone.
By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy) Nineteen years today on February 18, 2002, one of the world's most brutal and severest war came to an end. That day, February 18 2002, was a mixed bag of sorrow and happiness. Happiness for the seemingly dramatic end of a war that bears the hallmarks of the end of civilization, the darkness of man's heart, the horrible irony of liberation and the conspicuous tendency of man's brutally and madness in the pursuit of power, fame and glory. It was an anti rural war, a war of blame where the perpetrators became victims of their wrong headedness. The peasants, agrarian people, the pastoralists and the rural people were subjected to elements of the greatest crimes against humanity. It was the late President Kabba who saw the absolute need for peace and worked to achieve what history has documented as the greatest feat even gained by a ruling president. His lieutenant, the late Solomon Ekuma Berewa, narrowed the elements and embodied the technica...