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Sierra Leone: Mudslide Survivors Live in Fear of Fresh Disaster
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 10 May 2018
Kadiatu Koroma only narrowly escaped the mudslide that engulfed her home in Sierra Leone's ramshackle capital last August, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the worst… Read more »
Sierra Leone Mudslide Survivors Live in Fear of Fresh Disaster
Kadiatu Koroma who lived in Congo Town which was hit by the worst flooding-related disasters to hit Africa in 2017, says they had no idea that that area was disaster-prone. Koroma lost her sister and child in that mudslide which killed over 1000 people.
A mother carries her child across the filthy water in a slum town in Congo Town Community.
Kadiatu Koroma, who lost her sister and baby niece in Sierra Leone's mudslide, poses for a photo at a temporary camp for survivors.
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