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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 (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 ...
Sierra Leone’s president declared a nationwide curfew Sunday after gunmen attacked the military's main and largest barracks in the West African nation's capital and then overran detention ...
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 remained tense on Monday with many ...
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]
The flag of Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone, (/ siˌɛrə liˈoʊn (i)/ ⓘ, also UK: / siˌɛərə -/, US: / ˌsɪərə -/; Krio: Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Its land area is 71,740 km 2 (27,699 sq mi).
A high court in Sierra Leone has sentenced 11 people including soldiers and police officers to long prison terms for their alleged roles in a failed military coup last year. The twelfth accused ...
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.