Kangama[1] is a town in Kailahun District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone, near the border of Liberia.

The RUF conscript the local youth into the army, both boys and girls, and a number of wealthy citizens were executed.

[3] By January 1992 the RUF had completely pacified the district and the local conscripts had returned from training to help maintain order.

[4] However, in February 1992, SLA forces briefly took Kangama, causing much destruction, but the RUF quickly responded and retook the town.

[10] In March 1998, the head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council that had briefly ruled Sierra Leone escaped to Kangama when Freetown fell.