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Sierra Leone information minister says Sunday attacks were a failed coup
Sierra Leone’s government said on Tuesday that attacks on several locations in the capital Freetown on Sunday were a failed attempt to overthrow the ... World News -
Sierra Leone imposes national curfew following attack on armory in capital
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio declared a nationwide curfew Sunday after gunmen attacked the military’s main and largest barracks in the ... World News -
Sierra Leone president gets re-elected
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio was re-elected with 56.17 percent to serve a second term, the head of the electoral commission said on ... World News -
Sierra Leone’s historic tree, a symbol of freedom, lost in rainstorm
A giant tree that towered over Sierra Leone’s capital for centuries and symbolized freedom to its early residents came down overnight during a heavy ... World News -
Guinea seizes 1.5 tonnes of cocaine from Sierra Leone-flagged ship
Guinea seized more than 1.5 tonnes of cocaine from a Sierra Leone-flagged ship, the army said Wednesday.The cocaine was found in the hold of a vessel ... World News -
Children injured in Sierra Leone stadium accident during event attended by president
Children were injured Thursday when a railing collapsed at a stadium in southern Sierra Leone where the president and first lady were holding a ... World News -
Appeals trial for Liberia war crimes opens in Finland
Suspected warlord Gibril Massaquoi appeared Tuesday in a Finnish appeals court accused of atrocities in Liberia’s civil war following his acquittal ... World News -
Sierra Leone arrests three foreigners, including Lebanese national in cocaine bust
Sierra Leone’s security forces said on Wednesday they had arrested three foreign nationals involved in the smuggling of half tonne (1,102 lb) of ... World News -
Sierra Leone’s main opposition party demands probe over deadly protest
Sierra Leone’s main opposition party is calling for an independent probe into last week’s deadly clashes and ensuing police raids that killed one of ... World News -
Freetown in shock after dozens killed in Sierra Leone protests
Dozens died in anti-government protests in Sierra Leone, police and other sources said on Thursday, sharply raising the death toll from the previous ... World News -
Sierra Leone imposes nationwide curfew amid violent anti-government protests
Sierra Leone’s leadership announced a nationwide curfew on Wednesday in response to violent anti-government protests that it said had caused an ... World News -
Lebanon is the world’s angriest country, followed by Turkey, Armenia: Data
Lebanon, Turkey, and Armenia are among the angriest countries in the world, according to the latest data collected by US company Gallup from end of ... Middle East -
Sierra Leone knocks zeros off bank notes in currency re-calibration
Sierra Leone will launch a re-denominated currency on Friday, knocking three zeros off bank notes but keeping their value unchanged, the central bank ... Economy -
Death toll from Sierra Leone’s fuel tanker blast rises to 144
The blast from a fuel tanker that blew up in Sierra Leone’s capital of Freetown earlier this month has now claimed 144 lives, authorities said ... World News -
Oil tanker explodes in Sierra Leone’s capital leaving over 90 dead, 100 injured
Ninety-one people were killed and over 100 wounded in the capital of Sierra Leone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the ... World News -
UAE to ban entry of travelers on flights from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Namibia
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will suspend travellers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Namibia from entering the country on national and foreign ... Coronavirus
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