[DOC] [TLE] BBC News | Africa | Nigerian-led force captures Sierra Leonean ... [PAR] Feb 13, 1998 ... image: [ Nigerian-led troops now hold much of Freetown ] ... been detained as 
Nigerian-led forces consolidate their control of the capital, Freetown. ... which is 
seeking to oust the military government in Sierra Leone. ... Meanwhile, the United 
Nations said aid agencies in the west African country had reported... [DOC] [TLE] W. Africa Force Controls Capital of Sierra Leone - latimes [PAR] Feb 14, 1998 ... ... punishing military victory, a Nigerian-led intervention force took control Friday 
of Sierra ... FREETOWN, Sierra Leone  Amid charred bodies and the ... the 
ousted president--in what appears to be Africa's first successful ... down two junta 
attack helicopters in Monrovia and captured the 25 people aboard. [DOC] [TLE] Chronology of Sierra Leone | Special Report | Africa Confidential [PAR] Momoh himself had served in the West Africa Frontier Force along with senior ... 
of daring operations by the rebels in the diamond-rich south-east of the country ... 
as the rebel war became international news with the capture by the RUF of .... 28 
May 1997: An attempt by Nigerian troops to oust the Koroma junta ended in... [DOC] [TLE] CNN - Sierra Leone junta on the run - Feb. 13, 1998 [PAR] Feb 13, 1998 ... FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (Reuters) -- West African peacekeepers ... after 
storming the capital and putting the country's ruling military junta on the run. ... the 
Nigerian-led peace troops punched their way into central Freetown on ... of the 
ECOMOG troops, from the force's main base in Monrovia, Liberia. [DOC] [TLE] History of Sierra Leone - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Sierra Leone began when the land became inhabited by 
indigenous African ... Later other liberated slaves also settled at Freetown. ..... 
Over 10 million captured Africans were shipped to the Caribbean Islands and the 
...... was ousted and driven out of Freetown by military force by the Nigeria-led 
ECOMOG... [DOC] [TLE] FLASHBACK: ECOMOG IN SIERRA LEONE | Beegeagle's Blog [PAR] Oct 1, 2011 ... A Nigerian ECOMOG soldier keeps watch over a captured rebel loyal to the 
ousted AFRC-RUF junta ... an eye on a captured rebel soldier of the ousted 
AFRC-RUF junta. ... 1998 after rebels had surrendered to Nigerian-led ECOMOG 
forces. ... OF THE BATTLE OF FREETOWN I(FEB.1998)In "AFRICA"... [DOC] [TLE] Sierra Leone Web - Sierra Leone News - February 1998 [PAR] Feb 9, 1998 ... Aid workers in Freetown pointed to considerable obstacles in ... "We have control 
of large parts of the east and south of the country and very ... ECOMOG said it 
attacked junta forces that had regrouped in the bush near the city. .... fighting 
which led to the junta's ouster by ECOMOG forces earlier in the month. [DOC] [TLE] September 2002 - US Department of Justice [PAR] Feb 25, 2014 ... 1999 Rebel forces captured the capital Freetown in January, a gain that was 
reversed shortly after. ... 1998 The ruling military junta, a coalition of rebels and 
military ... State control ... A Nigerian-led West African intervention force which 
ousted Sierra ... 6) UNAMSIL (United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone). [DOC] [TLE] Freetown - Peacekeepers to fan out into interior of Sierra Leone ... [PAR] Feb 17, 1998 ... By Jeff Koinange FREETOWN, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Nigerian-led peacekeepers 
who ousted Sierra Leone's military junta are set ... to the ECOMOG West African 
peacekeeping force also took control of two ... Published on 17 Feb 1998 ... the 
entire country safe," Shelpidi told a news conference at the Nigerian... [DOC] [TLE] Sierra Leone - Security Information - Institute for Security Studies [PAR] In April 1968, the junta was ousted by junior officers and NCOs who handed ... 
the AFRC was ousted in February 1998 after an assault on the capital by 
Nigerian-led troops ... militia loyal to the former AFRC regime nearly succeeded 
in capturing Freetown. .... Commander, British Forces Sierra Leone: Brigadier 
Nick Parker. [DOC] [TLE] Timeline Sierra Leone [PAR] 1998 Feb 12,

Question: In 1998 Nigerian-led forces captured Freetown, ousting the junta that controlled this African country
Answer: Sierra Leone