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THEY came roaring into the village in their jeeps, shooting guns randomly into the air, and waving machetes about; machetes they routinely used to amputate men, women, and children.

Kumba Moore isn’t sure which particular group they were. As the civil war in Sierra Leone raged between 1999 and 2002, the rebels could have been from the Revolutionary United Front, Civil Defence Forces, or the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council.

All the teenager knew was that she and her family had to get away as quickly as possible. For two days, Kumba, her parents, and her three youngers siblings hid in the bush, terrified.