Special talk shows and sensitisation broadcasts have been made on the issue, all to gain a national support. But is Sierra Leone really in a position to bag a national and international war crimes trial for rebels or rebel sympatisers? This is not to dissuade any one to damn the issue of war crimes trial but to highlight some of the pending obstacles.

Firstly, is the country really safe to see the commencement of such a trial? Judging from the look of things on the ground, we don't think Sierra Leone is really safe for the setting up of a war crimes trial. In fact, a good portion of the land is either in rebel hands or could be described as a "no man's land". Perhaps we need to look for another panacea to our crisis.

The Rwandese succeeded in their calls for war crimes tribunal primarily because the party in power had the upper hand. In Sierra Leone, we are not seeing any clear color. The country remains divided, so are the fighting forces.