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2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt. On 26 November 2023, a group of militants attacked several locations in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. [4][5][6][7] The country was subsequently placed under a nationwide curfew, with a manhunt being called to find the militants. [6] President Julius Maada Bio claimed the attack was repelled by the ...
Freetown, 2009. 2002 Sierra Leone Civil War ends. Special Court for Sierra Leone and Kallon Football Club established. 2003 - 14 April: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Sierra Leone) convenes. [5] 2004 Winstanley Bankole Johnson becomes mayor. Population: 772,873. 2005 - Njala University College established. [36] 2010 - Population: 945,423 ...
The Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone (informally British Sierra Leone) was the British colonial administration in Sierra Leone from 1808 [1][6] to 1961, [1][6][7] part of the British Empire from the abolitionism era until the decolonisation era. The Crown colony, which included the area surrounding Freetown, was established in 1808.
FREETOWN (Reuters) -Sierra Leone said it had pushed "renegade soldiers" who attempted to break into a military armoury in Freetown during the early hours of Sunday back to the outskirts of the ...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone's president said most of the leaders of weekend attacks on the nation’s main military barracks and prisons had been arrested, though the capital ...
November 26, 2023 at 1:08 PM. FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s president declared a nationwide curfew Sunday after gunmen attacked the military's main and largest barracks in the ...
e. Sierra Leone first became inhabited by indigenous African peoples at least 2,500 years ago. The Limba were the first tribe known to inhabit Sierra Leone. The dense tropical rainforest partially isolated the region from other West African cultures, and it became a refuge for peoples escaping violence and jihads.
A Sierra Leone court found 11 people guilty of treason and other offenses following what authorities have called an attempted coup, with their leader sentenced to almost 200 years in prison, a ...