Three years after the signing of the Lome Peace Accord, young people in Sierra Leone say they remain traumatized by their country's decade-long war and express frustration at the slow pace of recovery, according to a new study commissioned by the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children. Six hundred Sierra Leonean adolescents and youth in the western and northern regions of the country who were interviewed say their experiences of adult manipulation and betrayal had made them distrustful.