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A former Sierra Leonean president has been granted permission to travel abroad on medical grounds despite facing treason charges. The High Court ruling comes amid speculation that Ernest Bai Koroma has agreed to go into exile in Nigeria if…
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Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with four counts of treason in connection with an attempted coup.
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Sierra Leone's government has designated Sunday's disorder, in which armed men attacked institutions in the capital city, as an attempted coup. The information minister said that gunmen had tried to "subvert and overthrow" the government on…
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Sierra Leone has been placed under a nationwide curfew as armed men broke into a prison, setting inmates free. Detainees from Central Pademba Road prison in the capital city Freetown were released on Sunday morning, an official at the…
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Kamara's home in Freetown was targeted after Sierra Leone lost the game in Limbe 1-0, putting them out of the tournament. Had Kamara scored, it would likely have secured a draw which would have seen them go through.
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The scene of Friday night's collision where an oil tanker was struck by a smaller lorry.
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Hospitals were treating 88 more people for severe burns, said Vice-President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, who arrived at the scene on Saturday along with several local officials.
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The striker last played competitive football for IFK Varnamo, who he joined in March, against Brage in the Swedish second tier five months ago.
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Sierra Leone staged one of the greatest Africa Cup of Nations comebacks to draw 4-4 with Nigeria Friday while struggling Egypt were dealt a huge blow as talisman Mohamed Salah tested positive for coronavirus.
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Sierra Leone has overturned a five-year law barring pregnant girls from going to school.
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