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Former Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with four counts of treason in connection with an attempted coup. He was charged with four offences including treason for his alleged role in a failed military attempt to topple the West African country’s government in November, a court in …

Those charged were part of 85 people arrested in connection with the attempted coup in Sierra Leone on November 26. Sierra Leone authorities have charged 12 people including a member of former President Ernest Bai Koroma’s security detail, with treason in connection with a failed coup in November, the government …

  Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio said on Saturday that his government’s response to an attempted coup last week would be dictated by “respect for the law”.   Armed men had stormed a military armoury, two barracks, two prisons and two police stations, confronting security forces during the early …

A series of attacks on military barracks and prisons in Sierra Leone over the weekend was a failed coup attempt, government officials in the West African country have said.   Tensions in the West African nation have been on a rise since a contested election in June, with President Bio …

Information minister says 13 military officers arrested in relation to the weekend assault in capital Freetown. A series of attacks on military barracks and prisons in Sierra Leone over the weekend was a failed coup attempt, according to police and government officials in the West African country. Information Minister Chernor …

The government says it is in full control following an armed attack in the capital and a nationwide curfew. Sierra Leone has arrested most of the leaders of an armed attack in the capital that has prompted the government to declare a nationwide curfew, the country’s president has said. “Most …

A military armoury in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown came under attack on Sunday morning in a suspected coup attempt, the government announced, as it imposed an immediate national curfew.   The government said those attempting to break into the armoury at a major army barracks had been repelled, but the …

Cordellia Okonye, the mother of Augusta Osedion, has given details of how her daughter’s killer was nabbed.   Benjamin Best Nnanyereugo, better known as Killaboi, was nabbed in the early hours of today, Oct. 21, in Sierra Leon.   Following his arrest, Cordellia Okonye took to Instagram to give details …

Cordellia Okonye, the mother of Augusta Osedion, has given details of how her daughter’s killer was nabbed.   Benjamin Best Nnanyereugo, better known as Killaboi, was nabbed in the early hours of today, October 21, in Sierra Leone.   Following his arrest, Cordellia Okonye took to Instagram to give details …

Nnanyerugo Best, better known as Killaboi, has been arrested in Sierra Leone for the murder of his girlfriend.   Recall that back in July 2023, Killaboi had gone on Instagram to confess that he killed Augusta Osedion (read here). He expressed willingness to turn himself in to the police, but …