The Sierra Leone Telegraph – Sierra Leone News
4 days ago · Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 October 2024: Sierra Leone’s economy grew by 5.7% in 2023, exceeding expectations, driven by strong performance in the mining sector, according to the World Bank Sierra Leone Economic Update 2024, published last Thursday in Freetown.
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...
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...
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...
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 coup attempt: What may have sparked the violence - BBC
Nov 28, 2023 · Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, was jolted awake by gunshots on Sunday morning. It was not clear at the time, but the government now says that this was a coup attempt. Armed men had...
Sierra Leone prison breaks: Thirteen soldiers killed in violence - BBC
Nov 27, 2023 · Security forces have been patrolling the streets of capital, Freetown, following a series of attacks on Sunday. Thirteen soldiers were among the 19 killed during Sunday's violence in Sierra...
Curfew declared in Sierra Leone after gunmen attacked its main ... - NPR
Nov 27, 2023 · FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone's president declared a nationwide curfew Sunday after gunmen attacked the military's main and largest barracks in the West African nation's capital and then...
Sierra Leone president says ‘most leaders’ of unrest arrested | News ...
Nov 26, 2023 · The government says it is in full control following an armed attack in the capital and a nationwide curfew. A man is questioned by Sierra Leone's military police at a road block in Freetown...