Caged, but unlikely to hang
Foday Sankoh, the rebel whose troops severed countless limbs, is on trial
VISIBLY thinner and weaker after two years in detention, Foday Sankoh is finally in the dock. He was sentenced to death in 1998, but then pardoned, as part of a peace agreement between his rebel army, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), and the government of Sierra Leone. Mr Sankoh allegedly carried on having people chopped up, however, and is now answering to a local court. If it finds him guilty, it could put him to death.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Caged, but unlikely to hang”
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