Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
April 28, 2024 at 7:28 PM. [BBC] Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio took the bold step of declaring a national emergency over rape and sexual violence in 2019. Five years on, BBC Africa Eye ...
Electricity supplies have been restored to Sierra Leone following weeks of power cuts, after it paid off part of the $48m (£38m) bill it owed to a Turkish company. The $18m payment came as the ...
The Sierra Leone army said 14 of its soldiers were killed fighting for the government, while eight other personnel were injured. It added that three attackers, one police officer, one prison guard, one civilian woman and a private security employee were also killed, placing the total death toll at 21. Perpetrators and motivations
The city is the capital of Bombali District, and is the economic center of the Northern Province. Makeni is the fifth largest city in Sierra Leone by population. The city of Makeni had a population of 85,116 in the 2021 census. [1] [2] Makeni lies approximately 110 miles east of Freetown. Makeni is home to the University of Makeni, the largest ...
Freetown fuel tanker explosion. / 8.44417°N 13.16167°W / 8.44417; -13.16167. On 5 November 2021 a collision between a petrol fuel tanker and a lorry at a busy junction of Sierra Leone 's capital, Freetown, resulted in an explosion and a fire that caused 154 deaths and 304 injuries, [1] overwhelming the city's medical services.
Hugh Herr. David Moinina Sengeh (born 1986 or 1987) is a Sierra Leonean politician who has served as the chief minister of Sierra Leone after being appointed by President Julius Maada Bio in 2023. He previously served as the minister of basic and senior secondary education and chief innovation officer for the Directorate of Science, Technology ...
Sierra Leone's president said most of the leaders of weekend attacks on the nation’s main military barracks and prisons had been arrested, though the capital remained tense on Monday with many ...
The psychoactive substance also takes a toll on mental health - the Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital, the country's only institution of its kind, says between 2020 and 2023, admissions linked to ...