Sentence examples for the ruf from inspiring English sources

In exchange for diamonds, Taylor gave the RUF arms, which the RUF used to a gruesome end - they attacked villages and rendered the inhabitants homeless - and then "invited" the villagers to join the RUF.

The RUF had no political agenda".

The RUF smuggles diamonds into neighbouring Liberia, where President Charles Taylor, who helped launch the RUF, is, according to the British, swapping them for weapons and ammunition.

'Mabinti' - not her real name - aged 16, left Masiaka, east of Freetown, fearing the RUF.

Human Rights Watch revealed evidence of fresh atrocities by the RUF up country.

But three of the top names, including the RUF leader Foday Sankoh, died before standing trial.

Within a few years, the RUF had seized the country's gold and diamond fields.

A year later, war came to Sierra Leone – and the RUF entered from Liberia.

They are alarmed by the idea of the RUF being incorporated in a new national army.

The RUF has even captured 500 of its peacekeepers, mostly Zambians.

It was ferrying arms to pro-government militias, claimed the RUF.