Sierra-Leone: Police announce the arrest of several people for an alleged plot
Sierra Leonean police claim to have arrested “several” people, including army officers, who were planning violent attacks a year after the deadly riots in August […]
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Partial results in Sierra Leone: Incumbent President leads First round
Incumbent President Julius Maada Bio is leading the presidential election in Sierra Leone with 55.86% of the vote after 60% counting, according to partial figures […]
Sierra Leone: President agrees on bill to legalize abortion
Women in Sierra Leone could soon have legal abortions. President Julius Maada Bio gave the green light in early July to a bill to legalize […]
Sierra Leone abolishes the death penalty
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has signed into law the abolition of the death penalty in the small West African country. The enactment follows […]
Corruption: Sierra Leone’s former regime under fire
Sierra Leone’s new regime will launch a commission to investigate accusations of widespread corruption under President Ernest Koroma. The President has directed the Attorney-General and […]
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 […]
Ex-junta leader sworn in as new Sierra Leone President
Julius Maada Bio, opposition candidate and former military junta leader, who briefly ruled Sierra Leone in 1996, was sworn in as Sierra Leone’s new president […]