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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, Sierra Leone (AP) — 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 fuel tanker explosion. On 5 November 2021 a collision between a petrol fuel tanker and a lorry at a busy junction of Sierra Leone 's capital, Freetown, resulted in an explosion and a fire that caused 154 deaths and 304 injuries, [1] overwhelming the city's medical services.
Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has been hit by power cuts after Turkey's Karpowership switched off the electricity supply due to an unpaid debt of around $40 million, the energy minister said on ...
This is a List of newspapers in Sierra Leone. Dozens of newspapers are published in Sierra Leone with 15 daily newspapers operational. Most of the newspapers are privately run and are mostly distributed around the capital of Freetown due to the low levels of literacy within the small western African nation. Awoko [1] allAfrica - Sierra Leone [2]