Anti-government protesters in Sierra Leone have clashed with police in the streets of the capital, Freetown, as tensions over the rising cost of living turned deadly in the West African nation.
In a national broadcast on Wednesday, Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh said that “lives of both policemen and civilians were lost”, without giving further details. He announced a nationwide curfew from 3pm local time (15:00 GMT).
The protesters demanded the departure of President Julius Maada Bio, who was elected in 2018 and still has 10 months left in his term. The demonstrators chanted “Bio must go” as they made their way through the capital, Freetown.
Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem reports.
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I give the prime minister a day before he’s dead or runs like the coward he is
Poor-country
Is your country wealthy? And if so, are you the one the wealth is benefiting? Poor you
How hard is it to become a citizen there?
mmm id say around 1/2k dollars u get the passport lmao
@AGGREGOR even less. You can get a 5 year visa for like $500
🤣🤑🎂🍰 Let them eat cake 🎂🥮🍥🥞🧁🍰
Hardship coming no matter where you are..Geogia stone …
The boys took care of that one, we guud
Soon will b same in India …
If anything like this happens in India it will be something beyond imagination, we are 140 crore
Look how they live.
Like living in a toilet.
This in a country rich with natural resources.
When there is no guidance the people fall,
but salvation in a great number of counselors.
This is very sad indeed:(
Sierra Leone is one of the most peaceful country in the world. The government has done so much to handle the economy by financing business sector and creating more jobs in public sector even in the midst of Global imbalances.
@Mabinty Yillah when will you people get things straight and face reality. Forget about your parties and politics and for once think about the people. Government should be by the people and for the people. Remember they voted for them. Listen to their cry.
also one of the most racist country toward others
Which businesses did they finance and what was their input to those businesses?
@f tim they didnt finance anything, only theyr pockets lol
This was complete lawlessness by unidentified and unscrupulous politicians whose views doesn’t reflect even 3 percent of citizens.
The government has done so well with good policies to reflect majority citizens
This was an attempted coup to overthrow a government that commands majority and provided free education, free health and massive development for the country, something the then government did not do for eleven years in power
More craziness in the world.
Did you really expect it to look any different. Every city in America is ruined
No surprise here. The government there has been shamefully corrupt and inadequate for decades. This is long overdue.
So sad a country with peace l,ove na dis government has made it so hard
God save us 😥🇸🇱
The world is breaking apart, theres just some sort of chaos present in every country right now
This government must go
Stop dreaming
Lol you think it Africa government don’t leave they stay for internity
The president keep traveling from one country to another, he always go with something but he didn’t come with nothing this is sad for our country, wasting our money on traveling and living a good life with his family and his ministers. No development, no better education, no freedom of speech, no democracy, A bo this is very painful for our country 😭😭😭
hes basically 85% of his time travelling around the work begging money 😂
@AGGREGOR I’m telling 😭😭
True talk
President Bio most go! The citizens of Sierra Leone are tired of all the atrocities, his government has brought to the country. Enough is enough the people have kept silence for so long. Rip to innocent people who lost their lives. 🙏🏾✊🏾
Yah true talk the president we don’t know what he is doing actually nothing
Ameen
The current president is the worst president Sierra Leone ever had
These guys are not the only one been affected by the poor governance system but if they are to change government let them do it right, election is not that far……….. perhaps y’all will be shocked to realize that all these protesters are in the streets for another failed government and definitely not the change of our beloved SL………. They’re are being mislead.
The protest is not a Sierra Leone protest.
The All People’s Congress ( APC)
is a power drunk party who from its foundation in 1960/1961 embarked on spreading tribal and regional hates against the Mende tribe and the South East.
According to them, they are the only party to rule Sierra Leone.
All these are about hate and nothing else.
Barking up the wrong tree. Please sent your bills and cost of living to Biden. His foolish oil and food sanction has cause worldwide inflation and high oil prices.
Liberia next… George Weah is a criminal…
Our country is peaceful. The unfortunate thing is when you have a political party that is not good for itself and its people which happens to be the APC.
They have the highest illiterate that they can easily brain wash by spreading tribal hate.
They are unhappy with maada because he overthrew them in 1991 and he is the same man that has done it for the second time and now through the ballot box in 2018.
He was not in the country that is why all of these happened. The APC supporters are the most idle people in our country. When they are in power, all they know is to walk from one government office to another to beg.
We the people of Sierra Leone are the majority.
Why Sierra Leonean lack of understanding, things are very hard all over the world, if the government isn’t doing well there’s no need to vote for him second again, but has for my observation Sierra Leonean we are very lazy everyone depend on government, how many investors from Sierra Leone living another country can bring development to employers job opportunity for citizens of Sierra Leone, the best thing the will be in social media criticize president, Sierra Leoneea we don’t have any respect for any leaders, you destroy your own country, government buss, police station, killing innocent citizens, killing policemen, you’re destroying yourself back of 5 to 10 years, 98 percent of Sierra Leonean are insult the president bio, even president mother and also her wife, take note, if someone insult your own parents you will be happy, even in America here everything’s is very expensive, Bill’s, rents gas, gasoline, food stuff everything’s very expensive, honestly the president is doing well, you kill your own brothers, you think that you’re killing the president, this issue we make president bio will win the elections, people’s of Sierra Leone are violating the law.
The people’s they’re instigating the people of Sierra Leone what role they are play in Sierra Leone for help the young ones, government can’t afford all what need forgets my Brother and sister think others thing’s, honestly I’m telling you the truth, certain things are very expensive in America more than Sierra Leone maybe your Brother or your sister they’re not telling you the people in Sierra Leone the truth, you know what makes Jobs opportunity easily in America, is because of private companies, how many Sierra Leonean investors will create company in Sierra Leone, no one’s , they’ll create political party’s, this all can become miserable in the country, Adebayo is instigating people’s in Sierra Leone, what role his play in Sierra Leone apart from insulting our mothers your mother, second Jobs i know for him, human trafficking.
@Ahmed Sannoh you know nothing about the suffering of the people in Sierra Leone and I will reply you 100 times and will not stop. You are here talking about things you know nothing about. What was the GDP when mada bio came to power and what is the GDP now. It is the right to of every sierea Leonean to protest against anything they feel that is disturbing them. And it is the right of every human to be treated like a human being.
May god help wi na salone but dis government need for go den don poil wi country sweet salone don poil.
Then let there be no government y’all be your own government because y’all always complaining about governments smh
@Blessing Love
Are you living in Freetown or Sierra Leone?
GOOD JOB 👏👏👏 REVOLUTION!!! 🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱
Good job revolution? Where are you? guess you not there.
This has been boiling for several years even before Covid and Ukraine could be used as an excuse. Sierra Leone has been suffering from extreme corruption and mismanagement for decades. I was there during 10 years of APC rule when they sold the whole country to the Chinese and left their own citizens in the dark and with huge IMF debts, people were fed up and voted for the SLPP in 2018 with the hopes for change but they turned out to be worse. That’s the main problem for Salone: there is no alternative. Because of tribalism they stick with 2 extremely corrupt parties which keeps the country in a vicious cycle. If nothing changes in the mentality of the people then this will keep on going for another century. The government is a representation of its citizens. Even if you replace them nothing will change unless the corrupt mentality changes that is widespread throughout the nation from top to bottom.
God save us in sierra leone
No democracy, no freedom of speech, police brutality, killing of innocent citizens, cost of living is very high,no price control, etc we want our beloved nation back 🇸🇱 Bio must go 💪💪 People’s power in politics (PPP)
Apc will never rule again
Proud of you from Germany 🇩🇪, Nigeria should learn from you guys..!
Sounds like America! I live here!
That’s why they have election vote him out like they do the APCs but not with violence. What have they achieved nothing it just going to be worst because investors dont want to go where they loss.
@Blessing Love I you are enjoying what is going on in mama salon right ✅ all is beautiful for you
Let’s Pray for Peace and Stability 🇸🇱.
Lol they want all that’s coming for them . It’s no use in praying for ppl that don’t want to help themselves.
The UN knows that Maada Bio was once a rebel leader who had blood on his hand and still went ahead to make him president even though he did not won the election, now his government is behaving as if they never satisfied of shedding blood during the rebel/ blood diamond war. Rich Africa poor people!!!! God help us
Lack of understanding you don’t even know the man 🤦♀️
@Blessing Lovesee d idiot way nr sabi tok
True rich African poor people 😢 😞
As a Sierra Leoneans, i said bio must go. The people are suffering we are tired of his tortured.
Sure
Biden with bilions in non origin Ukraine and Clinton for Kosovare Romas Diana 3 Romenian and Meghan markles kosovare 3 Lancester UK 3
Not only them it is all over the world but let them do in the right direction
Right
That’s why happened when you voted for someone who has extrajudicial killings in his records. One who see Russia and China as models of governance. Who’s wife, the the first lady called for mob Justice against those who oppose her husband administration which will go down as the most inept administration in the history of the country. A government which human rights organizations has been accusing of extrajudicial killings, illegal detention of citizens, intimidation of political decent. People are now suffering in the country like never before. They are selling tribalism, regionalism, and nepotism because of their failure to deliver to the nation. Where is the Bank Governor who said the newly printed currency had missing in the central back?. Who took the money, and how come it’s missing?. Baster pekin den!
Don’t fellow the politicians they’re not thinking about your wellbeing I’m saying politicians weather NDC Politicians or NPP politicians or WXYZ politicians they don’t care you they care about their election and weather you are alive or not, weather one million people die they don’t care so don’t fellow them, think about your wife, your children, because nobody will take care of them for you, may God give us wisdom.
This president is not fit for office
Africa Africa born to suffer.
How explain please
Maybe you are not in this continent.
@MR BOATENG I am from Africa but i left there in 2000 at the age of 15,I live in America
I don’t like this basically in Sierra Leone.
Because of the old mark things can go out of control easily
May Allah 🙏🙏🙏 guide and protect our people
She is a liar they just want to make them unrest the Sierra Leone am seeing today is not the Sierra today when destroy your country and burnt everything will that solve your problems you all have forgotten so soon. Do violent really solve problems?
President Bio lack wisdom
We are taking the wrong direction. Leadership is from God and must be respected. Prayer is the key. For the Bible says “when the righteous rules the people rejoice”
Let work together as one we can fight this
Why is UN there again? It’s not necessary. Hah! Most resources I guess.
All I can say here, please vote out Madaa Bio come June 24 2023 . There we will know that Bio is not fit to ruleSierra Leone. You APC children think Sierra Leone is only for you. APC will not rule here for the next forty to fifty years to come. So just be ready to get yourselves killed because you don’t have value for life. Four years only, you are acting like this,if it is forty to fifty years now. Be ready to demonstrate because come election he is going to March as a Victor again continue making noise. I regretted voting for president koroma in the past. You APC supporters are very tribalistic. Just continue to reduce your voters population. APC has ruled the country for thirty eight good years there is nothing good we can write home about,all they will say we built youyi building, national stadium roads when you have killed future of the country,APC was the one that PZ company, rewail , the farming company,we used to supply rice to other African countries etc. What have you done for the eleven years you were ruling? All of you came to Freetown sitting down, you want the government to be supplying you food. Look how fertile Sierra Leone soil is. Must of the people that were on the street demonstrating or destroying the paved roads , government vehicles and other government properties are not that much educated and could not learn any trade. There is no country nor government in the world that can afford to do that by supplying food to his citizens. The problem about Sierra Leoneans is Laziness even after election we continue to speak about politics.All of your actions will not make you win an election .I am a graduate and I have my agricultural farm in kailahun district. Stop this nonsense of yours , you can’t win a vote by that. Why APC hate being an apposition . The destructions of the paved roads, government vehicles and other government properties have clearly shown us , the hatreness you have for Sierra Leone. stop this cheap politics. We will not vote you in even if you demonstrate one million times.
I have seen videos of the sierra leone police entering people’s houses arrest, torture them shoot them with live bullets. Why just why?
RISE UP BROTHERS AND SISTERS
This is really unfortunate we pray for peace..
True really unfortunate. Bio was voted for , you cannot wake up one morning and said he must go. Vote him out as you did the previous government. Sierra Leone is a democratic state with laws. I dont understand what is happening down there. Those that are inciting are not there with there family only the poor will suffer but people dont think. It going to get tough than the way it was before the whatever.
This is the worse government in the history of Sierra Leone
I don’t think the people will demonstrate if the president is working in the interest of the people. This term of his government is the worst thing that has ever happened in Sierra Leone. Even his then three months of government then was better then this four and half years. But sometimes I think maybe he is thinking good for the country but some people around him are ??????????. Ooooooo ALLAH please save Mama Salone 😭😭😭😭😭
Prayers to all family 🙏🏻🙏🏻 love Sierra Leone till death. Am a French citizen but I was born in Sierra Leone and my hole family live there too. So please GOD protect our family 🙏🏻🙏🏻
That’s why you have the polls, vote on election day that how it suppose to be. Sierra Leone is a democratic state. Some of you inciting violence are not living in the country. Let try and be civil. If my guess is right some have not even register to vote and some even dont go out to vote on election day. Maada Bio was voted for so if you want him out do it by the same ballot. Pls Sierra 🇸🇱 dont be stupid by politicians whose family where not even residents in Sierra Leone. APC was not doing right you voted them out do the same for SLPP if they not doing right vote them out again but not with violence. PLEASE get your act together. Hardship is everywhere.
All of those that are responsible for this riots in Sierra Leone we pray that God deal with them and their families all the way down to their generations. If you don’t like your leader vote them out not what is going on right now. Any sober minded Sierra Leonean will not support this kinds of things.
These terrorists sponsored by the former President Ernest Bai Koroma came out violently to overthrow a democratically elected president. A protest cannot be called PEACEFUL when the so called protesters were armed with matches and 8 police officers killed whilst executing their duties.
The President commands majority. Why is it that the protest happens only in the North and East part of the city ? The South, East and west part of the country is very peaceful. Former President Ernest koroma is sponsoring instability.
This needs to stop…. They are killing each other’s… brothers and sisters… stop…
Former President , a criminal has now became the new Terrorist leader. The international community should take a look at this new ISIS Leader Ernest Bia Koroma who is the mastermind for all instability in current Sierra Leone
Don’t KILL AFRICANS ANYHOWLY. NOTE WE R FEW ON EARTH ….WE R KILLED ALLOVER BECAUSE OF THINGS WE CAN RESOLVE AMONGST OURSELVES!!!!!DIFFERENCE IN OPINIONS DOESN’T MEAN WE CAN’T TOLERATE EACH OTHER!!SEE HOW OUR BROTHERS WERE KILLED BY MOROCCON POLICE SIMPLY BECAUSE BACK IN OUR CITIES WE DON’T RESOLVE ISSUES RATHER WE OPT TO KILL EACH OTHER????? WHY??
THIS NONSENSE IN ALL SAHARAN COUNTRIES SHOULD STOP AND WE BEHAVE LIKE PPLE. THOSE IN GOVERNMENT IF YOU ARE OLD RETIRE GIVE ROOM TO YOUR YOUNG BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHOM YOU HAVE MENTORED WHILE IN OFFICE. LET US STOP BEEN MEAN,JEALOUS, MALICIOUS PEOPLE, HEARTLESS, DEPRESSED AND DON’T CARE HUMAN BEINGS….
LET US LOVE EACH OTHER. LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND HERE ON EARTH IS THE HEAVEN YOU WERE TOLD TO WAIT BY COLONIZERS THEM THEY ENJOY EACH MOMENT HERE ON EARTH BUT AFRICANS CRY DAILY WHY? LET US ENJOY AT THE MOMENT WITH THE LITTLE WE HAVE….NO LIFE AFTER DEATH
NOTHING TO PROVE THAT WE LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE AFTER DEATH……NOTHING ALL RELIGIONS JUST GUESSED..
SOULS ARE NOT PHYSICAL BODIES AND SO WE SHOULD RESPECT THIS PHYSICAL BODIES HERE ON EARTH EACH SECOND ,MINUTE AND HOUR .NO ONE SHOULD HAR IT
All protesters must be punish.
May there soul rest in perfect peace
You politicians can feed your wives and children and you can’t feed the people who sacrificed and voted for you ? right
This activity need to do Bangladesh
curfew? the power the gov thinks it has😅!
this is violence not protest
Kill everyone, all politicians
President Bio Goliath you most go
Bio Goliath you most go