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'Help Us Upgrade, Don't Evict Us' - Sierra Leone's Slum Dwellers

A lack of land tenure for Freetown's slum residents mean they feel powerless to improve their homes and communities - wary that the government could kick them off the land without any warning.

  • Sierra Leone:   'Help Us Upgrade, Don't Evict Us'

    Thomson Reuters Foundation, 1 November 2016

    When floods struck several slums across Sierra Leone's capital last year, 55-year-old Amienata Bangura was forced to flee as her small shop, stock and years of savings were wiped… Read more »

Anna Jefferys/IRIN

A mother washes her child in Kroo Bay slum in Freetown, where access to basic sanitation is severely limited and cholera outbreaks are regular occurrences.

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