| Elections in Sierra Leone | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited (632 words) |
 | After a particularly brutal civil war in which rebels were known to hack off children's limbs, Sierra Leone is holding presidential elections that mark a return to normality. |
| Today's election would have seemed unthinkable two years ago, when Sierra Leone, a former British colony, was being ripped apart by a decade-long conflict that claimed about 200,000 lives. |
| Britain sent 1,000 troops to Sierra Leone in May 2000 to rescue foreign nationals when RUF rebels seemed on the verge of capturing the capital, Freetown. |
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