Former President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with treason for his alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt in November, Sierra Leone’s government said Wednesday. Koroma has also been charged with misprision of treason, which is the crime of concealing knowledge
A former president of Sierra Leone has been called in for questioning by police over recent attacks that officials say was a failed coup, an official said Thursday. The police summoned ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma to its headquarters “for questioning on the
Sierra Leone’s government has arrested 13 of its own military officials in connection with attacks that allegedly amounted to a failed coup attempt. The suspects tried to “overthrow the elected government of Sierra Leone,” Information Minister Chernor Bah said of the attacks,
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s president said most of the leaders of weekend attacks on the nation’s main military barracks and prisons had been arrested, though the capital remained tense on Monday with many streets empty after a 24-hour curfew
Sierra Leone on Thursday declared its commitment to working alongside other West African nations to more effectively fight against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The renewed anti-piracy push follows the hijacking of the Shenghai-2, a Chinese fishing vessel from which 23
The incumbent president of Sierra Leone has declared victory in the 2023 election despite outcry and accusations of cheating from opponents. President Juluis Maada Bio, 59, claimed victory Wednesday after officials announced he received 56% of the national vote. According to the
Torrential rains in Sierra Leone’s capital felled the centuries-old Cotton Tree, a national treasure whose loss has left “a gap” in people’s hearts, the country’s President Julius Maada Bio said Thursday. “There is no stronger symbol of our national story than the
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