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Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone.It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and political centre, as it is the seat of the Government of Sierra Leone.
Freetown, Sierra Leone 53.75 m Kevin Fofanah: 18 April 2019 Aggie Invitational Greensboro, United States [8] 58.87 m Kenya Sei [e] 10 May 2024 West Georgia vs Life U Throws Marietta, United States [9] Javelin throw: 49.60 m Alfred Sesay: 26 December 1991 Freetown, Sierra Leone Decathlon: 6288 pts Sam Sillah: 27–28 September 2008 Bedford ...
The Government of Sierra Leone has published the "Statutory Instrument, Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXLIII, No.69 dated 29 November 2012, Proclamation For the Constitution of the Western Area Peninsula National Park" (available in hardcopy only in the Government Bookshop Freetown) according to the boundaries defined by the ...
The paddle steamer ran aground in the Sierra Leone River and was wrecked. [21] Success: New Zealand: The schooner was wrecked in Bluff Harbour, where she had arrived from Otago. The anchor cable fouled while the anchor was being raised, carrying the schooner onto the rocks. [22] Syrian United Kingdom
Promoted to lieutenant he received his first command, the governor's paddle yacht Countess of Derby for an operation on the Bumpeh River in Sierra Leone. There had been an uprising due to the imposition of Hut tax. He was tasked to transport a detachment of troops up the river to attack the rebel position.
FREETOWN (Reuters) -Sierra Leone's leading opposition candidate has called for the country's electoral commissioners to resign a week before a presidential poll, saying his party did not believe ...
Sierra Leone's current territorial configuration was established in two phases: in 1808, the coastal Sierra Leone Colony was founded as a place to resettle returning Africans after the abolition of the slave trade; then in 1896, the inland Protectorate was created as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885.
Israel Olorunfeh Cole (March 20, 1944 – October 13, 2007) [1] [2] better known by his stage name Dr. Oloh was a Sierra Leonean afropop and Jazz musician. Dr Oloh is widely considered one of the biggest musicians from Sierra Leone. His hit singles were very popular in Sierra Leone in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.