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Sierra Leone - Makeni - Members of the Amputee Football Team practice heading
Members of the Amputee Football Team practice heading the ball before an exhibition match to mark the opening of the Special Court in Sierra Leone. At the last minute they were told that they?Äôd have to play their match on the practice ground of the National Sadium instead of the main pitch. The anticipated crowd never came. Freetown, Sierra Leone 2004..Rebel forces, the Revolutionary United Front in Sierra Leone, systematically murdered, mutilated, and raped civilians during the country's civil war as a policy of terror
Photo ID: SFE_040403_0019
©Stuart Freedman
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