Photos of atrocity victims and Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea.
The photos were taken in 1998 by Bill Christopher,
U.S.
Department of
State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
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Refugees in Guinea walking from Foreconiah to the transit center at Kobekoro. | Refugee mother and child arrived in Foreconiah, Kissidougou Prefecture, Guinea a few hours earlier. They had fled their village in Kono a few days before. |
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Connaught Hospital. Boy "chopped" by the Revolutionary United Front. | Sierra Leonean refugees, waiting for transport from Kobekoro, Guinea to a refugee camp. They had already walked from Sierra Leone to Foreconiah, Guinea, and an additional 23 kms from Foreconiah to Kobekoro transit center. |
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Sierra Leonean refugee registering with Guinean authorities at Kobekoro, after walking 23 kms. from Foreconiah, Guinea (impossible road for trucks -- 2 hrs and 15 minutes in 4 wheel drive landcruiser). Guinean authorities required only name, place of origin. Authorities were very cooperative. At Kobekoro transit center, refugees receive meals and a place to sleep for a few nights before being transported by the UNHCR to a refugee camp. | Refugee at clinic in Kobekoro, Guinea. |
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Amputee victim at Connaught Hospital in Freetown. | Walking from Foreconiah, Guinea to Kobekoro refugee transit center; will then be transported to a refugee camp in Guinea (Kissidougou region). |
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A refugee in Kobekoro. He suffered a gunshot wound when returned to Sierra Leone (after previously fleeing to Guinea) when he heard on the BBC that his village had been liberated. He fled back to Guinea. | Connaught Hospital: Machete amputee by RUF. |
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Double amputee at Connaught Hospital in Freetown. | Victim of the Revolutionary United Front: machete wounds and broken bones. |