“False and misleading” – RSLAF, Defence Ministry react to rumour of planned attack
In a press release dated 16th January 2024 and signed by defence spokesperson Colonel Issa Bangura, the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces Armed Forces (RSLAF) and the Ministry of Defence said information making rounds on social media that some senior and junior military officers are planning to attack or protest on Wednesday 17th and […]
Coup trial: One of 27 indicted soldiers pleads guilty
By Sulaiman Jalloh In the ongoing court-martial case at the High Court of Sierra Leone, one of the twenty-seven accused serving soldiers of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Alhaji Koroma, has pleaded guilty to nine of eighty-eight counts levied against him and his colleagues. Koroma pleaded guilty to counts 1, 2, 10,…...
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Failed coup: Ex-President Ernest Koroma charged with treason
Ernest Bai Koroma, immediate former president of Sierra Leone has been charged with treason following investigations into a coup attempt on 26th November last year. The former president and several others have been undergoing investigations in Freetown at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Sierra Leone Police. In a post on Facebook…...
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Coup attempt: 12 persons charged with treason and other offences
The Republic of Sierra Leone has charged Amadu Koita and 11 others, including ex-police and correctional officers, for their roles in the 26th November, 2023 failed coup. This is according to a public notice from the Ministry of Information and Civic Education dated Tuesday, 2nd January, 2024 and signed by Information Minister Chernor Bah. The…...
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Le70 million reward for info on November 26 fugitives
By Amara Thoronka The Sierra Leone Police has increased reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of ‘most wanted fugitives’ linked to the November 26th ‘failed coup’ from an initial reward of 50 million old Leones [50 thousand new Leones] to 70 million old Leones [70 thousand new Leones]. This is according…...
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Thugs, Not Political Parties, in Coup Attempt – IGR
By Amara Thoronka The Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) has, based on its research and observation, said that the November 26 security incident, which later turned out to be a coup attempt, was carried out by persons – violence entrepreneurs, commonly known as thugs – who wanted to capture the state for ‘self-regarding…...
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Captain Valentine Strasser condemns coup attempt
Captain (Rtd) Valentine Strasser has condemned the coup attempt on November 26th 2023 in which the armoury at Wilberforce Military Barracks, central prison and some police stations in Freetown were attacked, causing panic, deaths and escape of prisoners. Strasser is a former military ruler of Sierra Leone and Chairman of the National Provisional Ruling Council(NPRC)…...
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Coup attempt: Police Chief says former President Koroma is a suspect
By; Sulaiman Jalloh William Fayia Sellu, Inspector General of Sierra Leone Police has disclosed that Dr. Earnest Bai Koroma, erstwhile president of Sierra Leone is a suspect in the ongoing investigation into November 26 incident which government has described as a failed coup to unseat the democratically elected government of President Julius Maada Bio…....
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Looking into the Failed Coup Attempt in Sierra Leone
By Millicent Senava Mannah In the early hours of 26th November, 2023, we were woken up by unabating gunshots, which generated fear right across the country. For some of us who were privileged to have been born before the war, know that the sound of guns, is a sound of doom. This nation has…...
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The Failed Coup Attempt and the Drug Wars
By Sheku Putka Kamara During the August 10th, 2022 brouhaha, I coined an article having to do with devilish acts of demonic persons posing as aggrieved countrymen. Leftists had some reservations, but for someone like me, I care less when people tend to use selfish desires just to propagate themselves. Fast forward, we have seen…...
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