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The death toll from the fuel tanker explosion in Freetown, Sierra Leone, which occurred four days ago, increases to 115.
2021-11-9

Sierra Leone ends its nationwide 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. curfew that had been in place since July due to declining number of COVID-19 cases.
2021-09-13

President Julius Maada Bio announces a nationwide curfew in the country to combat the spread of COVID-19.
2021-07-1

The government of Sierra Leone decides to push for the abolition of capital punishment.
2021-05-12

The World Health Organization asks six African countries (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, and Liberia) to be on the alert for possible Ebola outbreaks after Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo reported new cases that signaled a resurgence of the outbreak.
2021-02-16

A mudslide triggered by heavy rain near Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, kills at least 350 people with the death toll expected to rise as high as 500.
2017-08-14

A person dies of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone hours after the WHO makes its declaration.
2016-01-14

An outbreak of Ebola virus which has killed at least 59 people in Guinea continues its spread, entering Liberia and threatens to spread to Sierra Leone.
2014-03-24

A delegation of African leaders from Benin, Cape Verde, Kenya and Sierra Leone travels to Côte d'Ivoire to offer incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo an amnesty if he resigns from office.
2011-01-3

A hoax stating that at least 200 people have died in a mining accident in Bo, Sierra Leone, makes headlines around the world.
2010-03-19