Attempted putsch: Sierra Leone’s ex-President summoned by police
Former Sierra Leonean president Ernest Bai Koroma was summoned by the Police on Thursday December 7 within 24 hours to be questioned about the events […]
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Attempted coup in Sierra Leone: One of the organizers arrested
On Tuesday December 5, the Sierra Leonean Government announced the arrest of one of the main organizers of what it described as an attempted coup […]
Sierra Leone attacks were a failed coup attempt according to officials
The Government of Sierra Leone is now speaking of an attempted coup d’Etat following the violence that broke out in Freetown on Sunday November 26. […]
Sierra Leone imposes nationwide curfew after military barracks attacked
Sierra Leone’s government has given assurances that security forces have pushed back to the outskirts of Freetown those responsible for the armed clashes that have […]
Sierra Leone’s looming election marred by fresh violence
Deadly violence broke out around Sierra Leone’s main opposition party headquarters on Wednesday (21 June), just three days before a general election, in which incumbent […]
One hundred dead after tanker explosion in Sierra Leone
An explosion involving a tanker truck has killed dozens of people in Sierra Leone Saturday. The state-run central morgue in the capital, Freetown, said it […]
Sierra Leone reaffirms support to Morocco’s Sovereignty over the Sahara, opens a consulate in Dakhla
The Republic of Sierra Leone will join the growing list of countries having diplomatic representations in the Moroccan Sahara with the opening of a Consulate […]
Sierra Leone: New president sworn-in before 50,000 supporters
Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone’s new president, who was briefly a leader of a junta during Sierra Leone’s civil war, has been sworn into office […]
Sierra Leone: Opposition party headquarters set ablaze
The headquarters of an opposition party in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, was set to fire on Tuesday, local police said. The fire occurred […]
Sierra Leone: mass burial begins, 600 still missing
A seven-day national mourning commenced in Sierra Leone on Wednesday as the West African nation starts burying hundreds of victims of the mudslide that swept […]