Sierra Leone’s government has reinstated its offer of amnesty to all those involved in the “senseless destruction of lives and property.” In a statement submitted to the UN Security Council on 22 January, the government said rebels who take up the amnesty offer would be pardoned and made to participate in a disarmament, demobilisation and rehabilitation programme “as a prerequisite for their reintegration into society.” But it said the government would not allow detained RUF leader Foday Sankoh to reside outside Sierra Leone to prevent him from mounting “another reign of terror” in the country.
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