A Sierra Leone court has allowed former President Ernest Bai Koroma, who is charged with treason, to travel abroad on medical grounds. Koroma, 70, was charged early this month with four offences for his alleged role in a failed military attempt to topple the West African country’s government in November. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Freetown. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #SierraLeone #ErnestBaiKoroma #MedicalTravel #CourtDecision #Trea-sonCharges #WestAfrica #GovernmentToppleAttempt #LegalNews
Sierra Leone’s government says armed men attacked institutions in the capital in an attempted coup last Sunday. Thousands of inmates are still on the run after they escaped from a maximum-security prison. But the president is reassuring people that everything is under control. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #SierraLeone #JuliusMaadaBio #SierraLeoneGovernment #SierraLeoneBarracksAttack #Freetown
Sierra Leone’s president says calm has been restored after a group of soldiers attempted to break into the armoury of the capital’s military barracks. A search is underway for the attackers. The president has imposed a nationwide curfew. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #SierraLeone #JuliusMaadaBio #SierraLeoneCurfewEnforcement #SierraLeoneBarracksAttack #Freetown
Security forces have fired teargas around the headquarters of Sierra Leone’s main opposition party, the All Peoples’ Congress, in the capital, Freetown. Party Officials called the attack unprovoked. The incident has further heightened an already tense situation as people await the outcome of Saturday’s elections. The opposition has warned it will not accept any attempt to alter the outcome of the poll. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Freetown, Sierra Leone. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #SierraLeone #SierraLeoneElection2023 #SierraLeoneVotes2023 #AlJazeeraEnglish
Voting is under way in Sierra Leone’s tightly contested presidential and parliamentary elections amid a cost-of-living crisis. Polling stations opened later than the scheduled time of 7am in the capital, Freetown, AFP journalists said on Saturday. They were due to close at 5pm (17:00 GMT). Some 3.4 million people are registered to vote, 52.4 percent of whom are under 35 years old, according to an electoral commission spokesman. 13 candidates are vying for the presidential post, including incumbent Julius Maada Bio, with a crippling economic crisis, which sparked deadly riots last year, on top of the poll agenda. Presidential candidates must secure 55 percent of valid votes for a first-round […]
With inflation rising steeply in Sierra Leone, so too is the price of food, gas and electricity. Sixty percent of the population lives in poverty, and the increasing cost of living is worsening the financial struggles people already face. Earlier this month, a crisis erupted in the West African nation. Hundreds of people took to the streets in frustration at the economic hardship. Protests turned violent and led to deaths. Will the violence end peacefully before a general election next year? The president of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, talks to Al Jazeera. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our […]
Rising inflation in Sierra Leone is pushing many families into extreme poverty and on to the streets. On Wednesday, anti-government protests turned violent, leading to the death of 27 people, including six police officers. Al Jazeera’s @Ahmed Idris reports from Freetown, Sierra Leone. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #SierraLeone #EconomicCrisis
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 […]
It was a war infamous for its cruelty, mutilations and child soldiers paid for by exports of so-called “blood diamonds” mined by slave labour. The war ended 20 years ago in Sierra Leone, but the recovery and reconciliation processes have been slow. The government is focused on fighting corruption, improving infrastructure and reducing unemployment, but significant hurdles and divisions remain. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from the capital Freetown, where, despite vast mineral riches, its eight million people remain some of the poorest in Africa. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #SierraLeone
A national organisation in Sierra Leone is looking to raise funds and awareness to preserve what was once the country’s biggest slave trade port. The station on Bunce Island was set up 350 years ago to ship thousands of Africans to the Americas. Al Jazeera’s Nina Devries reports from Bunce Island. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
