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Chimp refuge shuts doors to tourists in deforestation protest

Workers said deforestation in the area was fuelled by ‘land grabbing’ for development

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025

Sierra Leone’s immigration chief fired after footage showed him with fugitive drug lord

President sacks Alusine Kanneh after video of him with Johannes Leijdekkers, one of Europe’s most wanted

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2025

Revealed: fugitive Dutch drug lord has been in Sierra Leone for at least two years

Sources place Johannes Leijdekkers in west African country since at least December 2022

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025

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Sierra Leone attacks were a failed coup attempt, officials say

Information minister says 13 military officers arrested in relation to the weekend assault in capital Freetown.

Al Jazeera · Nov 28, 2023

13 Sierra Leone military officers are under arrest for trying to stage a coup, a minister says

The attacks on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons are a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023

More than a dozen military officers arrested in Sierra Leone over 'failed coup'

The attacks Sunday on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons were a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday.

France 24 · Nov 28, 2023

Most leaders of the attacks on Sierra Leone's military barracks and prisons arrested as curfew eases

Sierra Leone’s president says most leaders of attacks on the nation’s main military barracks and prisons have been arrested

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

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Sierra Leone government says 'calm has been restored' after armed clashes

Sierra Leone's president said most leaders of attacks on the nation’s main military barracks and prisons had been arrested and normalcy had returned across the country after a 24-hour curfew was relaxed to a dusk-to-dawn lockdown.

France 24 · Nov 27, 2023

Curfew declared in Sierra Leone after gunmen attacked its main military barracks

The attack on the barracks and detention centers raised fears of a breakdown of order amid a surge of coups in the region.

WEKU · Nov 26, 2023

Sierra Leone declares nationwide curfew after attack on Freetown army barracks

Sierra Leone’s president declared a nationwide curfew Sunday after gunmen attacked the military's main and largest barracks in the West African nation's capital and then overran detention centers, including a major prison.

France 24 · Nov 26, 2023

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