Introduction / Marda Mustapha and Joseph Bangura -- Sierra Leone beyond Lomé: challenges and failures / Tunde Zack-Williams -- The anatomy of peacekeeping: ECOMOG's role in the Sierra Leone civil war / Joseph Bangura -- The 1999 Lomé Peace Accord and child combatants: for di people? for di pikin? or for the international community? / Robert Tynes and Clarke Speed -- Shifting priorities in child protection in Sierra Leone since Lomé / Susan Shepler -- Article 27: citizens, refugees, and relief along the Sierra Leone-Guinea border / M. Douglas Henry -- The role of NGOs in the democratization process in post-war Sierra Leone / Fredline McCormack-Hale -- Sierra Leone's development challenges / Victor A. B. Davies -- Peace-building and human security in postwar Sierra Leone: a critical analysis / Earl Conteh-Morgan -- Global inequalities and peace in post-war Sierra Leone / Marda Mustapha -- Afterword: the future of Sierra Leone / Dick Simpson.