Death sentence for rebel leader

Freetown - The leader of Sierra Leone's rebel Revolutionary United Front, Cpl Foday Sankoh, was sentenced to death yesterday …

Freetown - The leader of Sierra Leone's rebel Revolutionary United Front, Cpl Foday Sankoh, was sentenced to death yesterday by a Freetown High Court on treason charges.

Cpl Sankoh was found guilty on seven out of nine charges relating to treason and murder for his role in assisting a junta that ousted the civilian elected government in Sierra Leone in May, 1997.

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