1991

• 23 March, RUF enters Sierra Leone at Bomaru, Kailahun district

• A second group enters Sierra Leone a few days later at Bo Waterside, Pujehun district

• 27 March, 300 RUF fighters capture the town of Buedu, Kailahun district

• April, supported by 1,200 Nigerian and 300 Guinean forces, the RSLMF still fails to contain the insurgents

• April, Guinean troops successfully defend the bridge at Daru

• April, anti-Taylor Liberians in Sierra Leone form ULIMO to fight the RUF and advance to the mining and timber areas of eastern Sierra Leone. One contingent bases itself afterwards at Mattru-on-the-Rails, near Bo

• June/July, the RUF controls a fifth of the country in southern and eastern SL

• July/August, a small Nigerian detachment is deployed to protect the bridge over the Sewa River, at Gondama, south of Bo

• August, President Momoh revises constitution to reintroduce a multi-party system, backed by 60 percent of voters in a referendum

• October, Captain Prince Benjamin-Hirsch murdered by fellow soldiers

• Late 1991, ULIMO forces enter Liberia from Sierra Leone, and directly engage with Taylor's NPFL

1992

• March, according to the RUF, the Liberian special forces are sent back to Liberia

• 29 April, successful military coup by young officers from Daru

• April, RUF announces a unilateral cease-fire through the BBC World Service

• May, Strasser offers amnesty to the RUF fighters in return for unconditional surrender

• May, NPRC declares a state of emergency

• May, RUF calls a halt to ambushes and proposes peace negotiations, but the NPRC does not respond. Several key RUF figures are killed by the army and peace plans are off the agenda

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