The Sierra Leone Civil War ( 1991–2002 ) was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began Process_start on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front ( RUF ) , with support Supporting from the special forces of Charles Taylor ’ s National Patriotic Front of Liberia ( NPFL ) , intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow Change_of_leadership the Joseph Momoh government .

Taylor 's forces Military_operation , the National Patriotic Front of Liberia ( NPFL ) battled Hostile_encounter against Prince Johnson 's rebel group , the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia ( INPFL ) – a faction of NPFL – for control Control in Monrovia .

Taylor 's forces Military_operation , the National Patriotic Front of Liberia ( NPFL ) battled Hostile_encounter against Prince Johnson 's rebel group , the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia ( INPFL ) – a faction of NPFL – for control Control in Monrovia .