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Freetown in shock after dozens killed in Sierra Leone protests
FREETOWN, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Dozens died in anti-government protests in Sierra Leone, police and other sources said on Thursday, sharply raising the death toll from the previous day's clashes as...
Uneasy calm in Sierra Leone as Freetown uprising reveals …
Nov 28, 2023 · An uneasy calm is gradually settling in Freetown following gunfire over the weekend that threw Sierra Leone’s capital into panic mode. Gunshots rang out early Sunday morning as armed men attacked...
Fresh gunfire rings out in Sierra Leone after more than 13 killed ... - CNN
Nov 28, 2023 · Fresh gunfire was heard in a suburb of the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, on Tuesday as security forces combed through the city in search of suspects linked to a jailbreak and a foiled...
Sierra Leone lifts curfew after breakout from Freetown's Pademba ... - BBC
Nov 27, 2023 · Streets in Freetown were largely deserted on Sunday after a curfew was declared Sierra Leone's night-time curfew imposed after armed men freed prison inmates has been lifted for now.
Twenty killed in Sierra Leone attack and nearly 2,000 prisoners …
Nov 28, 2023 · FREETOWN, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Twenty people were killed and nearly 2,000 inmates escaped during Sunday's attack on a military barracks, a prison and other locations in Sierra Leone, officials...
Sierra Leone president says calm restored, most leaders of …
Nov 27, 2023 · FREETOWN, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio said most of the leaders of an attack on a military barracks in the capital Freetown earlier on Sunday had been arrested,...
Sierra Leone: Curfew declared in capital Freetown amid violent …
Aug 10, 2022 · Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone on Wednesday, protesting inflation and the rising cost of living in the West African country, according to people that CNN...
Sierra Leone president says ‘most leaders’ of unrest arrested | News ...
Nov 26, 2023 · A man is questioned by Sierra Leone's military police at a road block in Freetown [Saidu Bah/AFP] 26 Nov 2023. Sierra Leone has arrested most of the leaders of an armed attack in the capital that...
Sierra Leone tanker explosion: Mass burial in Freetown - BBC
The 115 people killed in Friday's massive fuel tanker explosion in Sierra Leone are being buried in a mass ceremony in the capital, Freetown. Many of the dead were burnt beyond recognition after...