That was Foday Saybana Sankoh for you. A man whose resolute and defiant character brought him very close to the promised land, Canaan, in Sierra-Leone, but paradoxically failed to reach there.

Foday Saybana Sankoh, an African revolutionary, died on July 29th, aged 65. Share. Aug 7th 2003 | | 5 min read “A GREAT man who cared for his people and country.” ...

Freetown — Even in death, the frail, fragile, lean and mean bones of Foday Saybana Soko Sankoh cannot rest in peace. On earth, the rebel leader was an iniquitous enigma larger than life.

Foday Sankoh, an indicted Sierra Leone war criminal whose rebel forces were notorious for dismembering thousands of civilians, died in U.N. custody at a Freetown hospital, the war crimes court ...

Foday Sankoh led a vicious rebel group whose fighters used machetes to hack off the hands, feet, lips and ears of Sierra Leone's civilians and raped thousands of girls and women. He was idolised as a ...

The Sierra Leone Special Court Prosecutor, David Crane, yesterday announced indictments against Foday Saybana Sankoh, Johnny Paul Koroma, Sam Bockarie, Issa Hassan Sesay, Alex Tamba Brima, Morris ...

Foday Sankoh, 65, who led one of West Africa's most feared and ruthless rebel groups and was awaiting trial for crimes against humanity, died July 29 in a hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, after ...

Freetown - Former Sierra Leone rebel leader Foday Sankoh is to undergo psychiatric tests to determine if he is mentally fit to stand trial before a UN war crimes court, a statement by the tribunal ...

Foday Sankoh, who died on Tuesday aged 65, was the leader of one of the world's most brutal guerrilla movements; for 10 years his Revolutionary United Front (RUF) terrorised the people of Sierra ...

Foday Sankoh (search), the indicted leader of a bloody 10-year rebel terror campaign in Sierra Leone (search), died in U.

As construction work starts on the six million dollar facility for the special court or war crimes tribunal for Sierra Leone, one of those thought to bear the greatest responsibilityfor the crimes ...

Foday Sankoh, who died on Tuesday aged 65, was the leader of one of the world's most brutal guerrilla movements; for 10 years his Revolutionary United Front (RUF) terrorised the people of Sierra ...