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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone's Former President Ernest Koroma Seeks Medical Care In Nigeria
Premium Times, 17 January 2024
The permission granted Mr Koroma is coming amid rumours that he had agreed to go on exile in Nigeria if all charges against him were dropped. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Ex-President Koroma Charged With High Treason
DW, 3 January 2024
The charges come after gunmen recently attacked a barracks and prison in the capital Freetown. Numerous others are also facing similar charges over the incident. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Coup Attempt - Ex-Sierra Leone President Confined to Home, Under Investigation
Daily Trust, 10 December 2023
A former Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koroma has been confined to his home, the government said Saturday, after he was questioned over what it calls an attempted coup at the… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Ex-Sierra Leone President Questioned By Police Over Attempted Coup
Vanguard, 8 December 2023
Former Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koroma reported to police in Freetown on Friday to be questioned over what the government has called an attempted coup at the end of… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Former President Ernest Koroma to be Questioned Over Failed Coup
allAfrica, 8 December 2023
Former president Ernest Bai Koroma will be questioned by authorities for his alleged involvement in a botched coup in Sierra Leone on November 26, 2023. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: 20 People Dead In Sierra Leone's Failed Coup Attempt
allAfrica, 29 November 2023
A failed coup attempt was the reason behind a series of attacks on military facilities and prisons over the weekend, according to government and police sources in Sierra Leone, Al… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Now Calm After Coordinated Series of Attacks
DW, 27 November 2023
Active and retired soldiers allegedly participated in Sunday's attacks in Freetown, but the government says it's too early to tell if it was an attempted coup. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Govt Declares Curfew, Says Attack on Barracks Repelled
DW, 26 November 2023
The West African country declared a "nationwide curfew" with immediate effect. It said "unidentified individuals" tried to infiltrate an armory but they had been "rebuffed." Read more »
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West Africa: Ecowas Condemns 'Plot to Disturb Peace" in Sierra Leone
Premium Times, 26 November 2023
The condemnation of the security breach in Sierra Leone is contained in a statement issued by ECOWAS on Sunday in Abuja. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Prisoners Abducted During Sierra Leone Security Breach - Official
Premium Times, 26 November 2023
"The prisons were thus overrun. Some prisoners were abducted by the assailants while many others were released," he wrote on X. Read more »
Sierra Leone's Former President Koroma Charged With High Treason
The former president of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, appeared in court on Wednesday, January 3, 2024 on charges of high treason for his alleged involvement in what the government called an attempted coup in late November 2023, Deutsche Welle reports.
Koroma was questioned three times by authorities for his alleged involvement in the botched coup on November 26, 2023. He was placed under house arrest prior to his being charged, wrote Jerry Chifamba for AllAfrica on December 8, 2023.
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