Lomé Peace Accords

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The Lomé Peace Agreement ( English Lomé Peace Agreement ) sealed on 7 July 1999 in Togo Lome as a peace treaty peace in the West African Sierra Leone . It was signed by President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and rebel leader Foday Sankoh of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF).

The agreement came about under the supervision of the United Nations Security Council . It was the result of several weeks of negotiations (25 May to 7 July 1999) taking into account two of the various previous peace agreements on the civil war in Sierra Leone ; the Abidjan Peace Agreement of November 1996 and the ECOWAS Peace Plan of October 23, 1997. The peace negotiations were led by the then President of Togo and Chairman of the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS), Gnassingbé Eyadéma .

An important part of the peace treaty was the establishment of the Sierra Leonean Truth Commission , which operated from November 2002 to October 2004. In addition, it guaranteed all members of the RUF impunity ( amnesty ) and enabled Foday Sankoh to take up a position in a government of national reconciliation as vice-president.

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