Sierra Leone Declares Nationwide Curfew Following Attacks on Military Barracks and Prisons
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Sierra Leone Declares Nationwide Curfew Following Attacks on Military Barracks and Prisons

In response to a coordinated attack on a military barracks in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, the government has declared a nationwide curfew. The assault targeted key military installations, including the Wilberforce military barracks, the armory, and the Pademba Road Prison. The attackers, described as “renegades” by President Julius Maada Bio, also managed to…

Sierra Leone Power re-run

Sierra Leone Power re-run

President Maada faces the enormous burden of leading a deeply fractured society that is uneasy with itself as he takes office for a second term.  After incumbent President Julius Maada Bio was proclaimed the winner and immediately inaugurated for a second term in the West African country, the biggest opposition party in Sierra Leone demanded…