Editing Valentine Strasser (section)

==Post-leadership==
Following his overthrow, Strasser was given a fellowship by the UN to study law at the [[University of Warwick]] in [[Coventry]], England, but stopped his studies after 18 months.<ref>{{cite news |first=Todd |last=Pitman |title=Ex-Dictator, Jobless, Lives Off His Mom |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/national/article/Ex-dictator-jobless-lives-off-his-mom-1092058.php |newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |agency=Associated Press |date=24 July 2002}}</ref> In 2000, Strasser's application for asylum in England was rejected; he then left for [[the Gambia]], only to be denied entry.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/nov/26/sierraleone |title=Ousted ruler may face Sierra Leone war crimes court |first=Burhan |last=Wazir |date=26 November 2000 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> He eventually returned to Sierra Leone, where he lived in poverty on a small pension in [[Grafton, Sierra Leone|Grafton]], east of Freetown,<ref name="NewStatesman">{{cite news |first=Simon |last=Akam |title=The Vagabond king |date=2 February 2012 | newspaper=[[New Statesman]] |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/africa/2012/01/sierra-leone-strasser-war |access-date=15 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.africareview.com/Special-Reports/Former-president-thrown-to-wolves/-/979182/1328066/-/2ec6q5/-/index.html |title=Ex-Sierra Leone president stripped of all power trappings |first=Janet |last=Otieno |date=5 February 2012 |work=Africa Review |access-date=18 August 2014}}</ref> and worked at the [[Information and communications technology|ICT]] Institute providing computer skills for youths.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/spip.php?article6439 |title=Sierra Leone: Retired Captain Valentine M. Strasser breaks his silence |first=Roland |last=Bankole |date=26 March 2012 |work=Patriotic Vanguard |access-date=18 August 2014}}</ref>

In January 2019, he fell gravely ill<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/former-head-of-sierra-leones-military-regime-valentine-strasser-is-seriously-ill/ |title=Former head of Sierra Leone's military regime – Valentine Strasser is seriously ill |first=Abdul Rashid |last=Thomas |date=9 January 2019 |work=Sierra Leone Telegraph |access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref> and was flown to [[Ghana]] for treatment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theorganiser.net/africa/111-ghana-hospital-discharges-ex-sierra-leone-leader-strasser-recovers-at-home|title=Ghana Hospital Discharges Ex-Sierra Leone Leader Strasser & Recovers at Home! |date=21 January 2019 |work=The Organiser.net |access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref> His left leg was partially amputated due to [[peripheral artery disease]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-05|title=Sierra Leone News: Valentine Strasser's leg amputated in Ghana|url=https://awokonewspaper.sl/sierra-leone-news-valentine-strassers-leg-amputated-in-ghana/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Awoko Newspaper|language=en-US}}</ref> After undergoing rehabilitation, he returned to Sierra Leone in July 2021, and received an apartment from President Bio.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wright|first=Esther|date=2021-07-07|title=Captain (Rtd) Valentine Strasser's Status Restored|url=https://thecalabashnewspaper.com/captain-rtd-valentine-strassers-status-restored/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=The Calabash Newspaper Sierra Leone|language=en-US}}</ref> Amadu Makalo Koita, a member of the opposition [[All People's Congress]], later alleged that the government was keeping Strasser under [[house arrest]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shaw|first=Abu|date=2021-08-17|title=Former Sierra Leone President Strasser is Under House Arrest Hatched by President Bio|url=https://theorganiser.net/sierra-leone/3366-former-sierra-leone-president-strasser-is-under-house-arrest-hatched-by-president-bio|access-date=2022-01-12|website=theorganiser.net}}</ref>