Sierra Leone civil war, 36

beginning of, 221

British-Nigerian mediation in, 258

civil society mediation in, 216, 229–231

civilian displacements in, 237

execution of rebels, 290

government response in, 223–224

human rights abuses in, 216

Nigerian intervention, 256–258

peace negotiations in, 227–238

“ripe” moment in, 236–238, 295–298

Sandline International role, 274–275

“spoilers” in, 327

stalemate in (1998), 286

state of emergency, 289

treason trials, 289–290

Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), 220, 233, 313

Shelpidi, Major General Timothy, 286

Smith, Dane, 147

“sobels,”, 236

Soglo, Nicephore, 94

as ECOWAS chairman, 107–109, 118

Social Democratic Party, 181, 197

Soro-Gbema chiefdom, 230

South Africa, 194

Spanish civil war, 31

“Special Supervision Committee,”, 274

Spencer, Dayle, 85

“spoilers”

definition, 6, 23, 326–327

goals of, 24

management of, 327

position of, 24

types of, 24, 327

Status of Forces Security Agreement (SOFA), 255

Ssemogerere, Paul, 178

Standing Mediation Committee (SMC), 46

Ibrahim Babangida role in, 55

composition of, 46, 55

formation of, 55

reasons for intervention in Liberia, 57

mandate, 55–59

peace accords, 46

peace proposals, 55

Stevens, Siaka, 221, 223

Strasser, Capt. Valentine, 224–225

Sud-Quotidien,, 284

Supuwood, Lavelli, 67

Tailor, Chief Tamba, 125–126

Takirambudde, Peter, 306

Tanzania, 122, 164, 178

Tarawali, Captain Abu, 226

Taylor, Charles, 35, 46, 52, 59, 216, 221

acceptance of Yamoussoukro IV Accord, 86

against Bamako Accord, 62

all-Liberian Conference, 66–67

armaments, 77, 95

assassination attempt, 152

Bamako Accord, 62

election as president, 152–153

fear of assassination, 118

Geneva “Clarification,”, 92

and IFMC mediation, 54–55

and the interim government, 67–68

Lomé Peace Accord (1999), 305

National Patriotic Assembly Reconstruction Government (NPARG), 55