The government 's ineffective response Response to the RUF , and the disruption in government diamond production , precipitated Change a military `` coup d'état '' in April 1992 by the National Provisional Ruling Council ( NPRC ) .

Lome gave Giving Foday Sankoh , the commander of the RUF , the vice presidency and control Control of Sierra Leone 's diamond mines in return for a cessation of the fighting Hostile_encounter and the deployment Arranging of a UN peacekeeping force to monitor Scrutiny the disarmament process .

Initial reports by Zairan officials stated Statement that the plane crashed Catastrophe near Cahungula , Lunda Norte Province , while transporting Bringing diamond miners from Zaire 's capital , Kinshasa .

The leading bogie of the locomotive derailed Motion_directional on hitting the trolley , but the driving wheels did not ; the engine continued onwards until it hit a diamond crossover at the north end of the station when it became completely derailed , detached from its tender and ended up facing backwards .