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Nearly two months after Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio won a highly contested presidential election, Sierra Leoneans are still waiting for him to fulfill promises made during his campaign.
Bio made promises of a better economy as Sierra Leoneans struggle with inflation.
For more on Sierra Leone’s economy and politics, VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to Murtala Mohamed Kamara, journalist for Eyewitness News Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone's former president Ernest Bai Koroma was granted permission by a high court in Freetown on Wednesday to travel abroad for medical reasons.
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Sierra Leone Prison Breaks: Thirteen Soldiers Killed In Violence | N18V | Freetown | News18
Thirteen soldiers were among the 19 killed during Sunday's violence in Sierra Leone, which saw gunmen attacking a military barracks and prisons, an army spokesman has said.
Sierra Leoneans spent Sunday under a nationwide curfew amid disarray in capital, Freetown.
The information minister described the attacks as "co-ordinated and planned".
A BBC correspondent saw armed men on the streets chanting that they would "clean" Sierra Leone.
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Sierra Leoneans began voting Saturday in fiercely contested presidential and parliamentary elections amid a cost-of-living crisis that helped spark deadly riots last year.
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The former president of Sierra Leone has been called in for questioning by police over recent attacks authorities termed as a failed coup.
Ernest Koroma said that he would honour the police summons, and asked his supporters to be calm.
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Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr became in 2018; Freetown’s first female mayor in 38 years. The member of All People's Congress party is now running for re-election. During her tenure however, she raised hackles with her style and for projects she prioritized.
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Ernest Bai Koroma said that he would honour the police summons, and asked his supporters to be calm, according to a statement issued by his office Thursday (Dec. 07).
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Sierra Leone's main opposition party has rejected the partial results of a tense presidential election that showed President Julius Maada Bio leading the poll, alleging irregularities in the tallying process.
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Sierra Leone's Former President Ernest Bai Koroma is expected to appear in court, facing charges of treason.
That’s related to a failed coup in November last year.
More than 20 people were killed as key sites across the West African country were attacked.
The government claims it was all orchestrated by security officers loyal to Koroma.
Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris has the latest from the capital Freetown.
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Approximately 3.4 million Sierra Leoneans are expected to vote in a general election on Saturday in which incumbent President, Julius Maada Bio is seeking a second and final term in office, amid frustrations over economic hardship.
Voters will also elect members of parliament and local councilors across the West African state, which is experiencing massive unemployment, high levels of inflation, and a depreciating currency.
In August 2022, there were protests in Freetown and several northern towns about soaring costs of living, resulting in more than 20 deaths
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Sierra Leone charges ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma with treason over his alleged involvement in what authorities have called an attempted coup in November. Also, Sudan's RSF chief is in Kenya on the last leg of his regional diplomatic talks to try to forge a ceasefire in Sudan's conflict. And Togo invests in soybeans as the industry becomes the biggest exporter to the EU.
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Twelve others, including a member of Koroma's security detail, were also charged with treason in connection with the coup attempt.
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Sierra Leone's authorities say they have arrested assailants who attacked a military barracks in the capital city Freetown on Sunday (November 26, 2023), as tensions remain high in the West African country since President Julius Maada Bio was re-elected in June. | 🎥 : Reuters / Obtained by Reuters / SLBC
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Sierra Leone's government says armed men attacked institutions in the capital in an attempted coup last Sunday.
Thousands of inmates are still on the run after they escaped from a maximum-security prison.
But the president is reassuring people that everything is under control.
Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports.
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A Sierra Leone court has allowed former President Ernest Bai Koroma, who is charged with treason, to travel abroad on medical grounds. Koroma, 70, was charged early this month with four offences for his alleged role in a failed military attempt to topple the West African country’s government in November.
Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Freetown.
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Sierra Leone's ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma was charged with four offences including treason for his alleged role in a failed military attempt to topple the West African country's government in November, a court in the capital Freetown said.
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EFF leader Julius Malema is briefing the media in Johannesburg.
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Twenty five years ago this month South Africa’s leaders agreed an historic constitution that paved the way for the end of white rule.
But despite the end of apartheid, the majority of land remains under white ownership.
South Africa’s ANC government says the solution lies in enforced land redistribution.
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Two soldiers were killed and three more wounded at a South African National Defence Force camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The SA troops are part of the Southern African Development Community mission in the DRC deployed to support and assist the government in its efforts to bring peace, security and stability in the region.
For more on the story, we speak to SANDF Spokesperson Siphiwe Dlamini.
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