i live in sierra leone for over two year while leave the country about 18 month prior to the conflict . i live in the town where the rebel ( the revolutionary united front or ruf ) establish it base for the duration of the war . i be well familiar with the political background to the war and follow the war in detail and albeit from abroad and through a wide range of source ( include personal contact ) . the film empire in africa make the point that all of the various armed faction involve in the conflict commit human right abuse . this be absolutely correct . however and the large majority of human right abuse and particularly those commit against civilian and be commit by the ruf and their ally and the armed force revoluntionary council ( afrc ) . i recommend that interested person read the online report at amnesty international and human right watch . to suggest that all faction be equally responsible for the atrocity commit against civilian sierra leonians and a the film do and be simply dishonest . the film use purchase footage of atrocity be commit out of context and suggest that group other than the ruf or afrc be responsible . in one scene and an unarmed man be execute while the narrator discuss abuse commit by un force . however and the soundtrack from the original footage be audible in the background with the perpetrator clearly speak krio ( the national language of sierra leone ) . the un peace keep force be draw from other west african country where krio be not speak . the film depicts and through narration and interview and the ruf a devote to purge the country of foreign corporate interest and corrupt politician in order that the proceeds of the country mineral wealth benefit all sierra leonians . make no mistake and the ruf be a criminal organization that seek to control the country for the sole purpose of enrich themselves and their own foreign benefactor ( primarily charles taylor in liberia ) . the truth be that there be very little foreign investment in sierra leone prior to the war . the country be simply too poor and too corrupt and too unstable to attract investment . the most lucrative sector of sierra leone economy be diamond . the diamond trade be ( and still be ) control by government parastatals and local chief and and primarily and by the sierra leonian lebonese business cartel . these be not corporate actor nor foreigner . the film also examine the role of foreign peace keep force in the country and argue that the conflict be exacerbate by international power politics . in fact and the 1990 be a period of utter indifference to the problem of sub saharan africa by western nation . the west turn it back on rwanda and congo and somalia and sudan and liberia and the hiv or aid epidemic . the film pointedly blame nigeria for interfere in the conflict . but and the truth be that nigeria act because no one else would . it be only through the action of nigeria and the un that this low intensity rwanda be stop . i could go on like this for several more page and but i will spare you . in short and please do not subject yourself to scene of graphic brutality and confuse political analysis just to give the apologist for one of the most brutal regime in the history of the world a chance to make their case .