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Vice President Naidu arrives in Sierra Leone
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Freetown [Sierra Leone], Oct 13 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday (local time) arrived in Freetown on the second leg of his ongoing five-day visit to Union of Comoros and Sierra Leone.
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Sierra Leone scraps China-funded airport deal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Freetown [Sierra Leone], Oct 12 (ANI): Sierra Leone has cancelled plans to build an airport with China's help in the outskirts of the country's capital, Freetown, saying it was economically unviable.
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Julius Maada Bio elected as Sierra Leone 's President
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Freetown [Sierra Leone], April 5 (ANI): Sierra Leone election commission on Thursday declared the main opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio as the nation's new President.
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Sierra Leone mudslides claim over 500 lives, leave nearly 800 missing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Freetown [Sierra Leone], August 25(ANI): The head of Sierra Leone's disaster response of the Office of National Security, Ishmael Tarawalie, has confirmed that at least 500 people have lost their lives from the devastating mudslides in Sierra Leone.
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Sierra Leone declares seven-day mourning for mudslide victims
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Freetown [Sierra Leone], August 16 (ANI): Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has declared a seven-day state mourning in honour of the victims of a devastating mudslide by terming the disaster as the worst in Africa over the past two decades.
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Massive mudslide in Sierra Leone, over 200 dead
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Freetown [Sierra Leone], August 14 (ANI): More than 200 people have been buried after a massive mudslide in mountain town of Regent, on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown have turned streets into virtual rivers.
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