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A court in Freetown, Sierra Leone, charges former president Ernest Bai Koroma with four offences, including treason for his alleged role during the November coup attempt.
2024-01-3

The Parliament of Sierra Leone unanimously votes to repeal the death penalty. The country had a moratorium on its use since 1998, after the government executed 24 soldiers for allegedly plotting a coup d'état the year prior.
2021-07-23

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

Gambia's Chief Justice sets January 10, 2017, for the hearing by the Supreme Court, made up of judges from Nigeria and Sierra Leone, of President Yahya Jammeh's ruling party's legal challenge of the December 1 election results.
2016-12-21

Sierra Leone quarantines 700 homes in the Aberdeen district of Freetown following the death of a fisherman.
2015-02-13

A Maine judge imposes limited restrictions, but rejects state officials' bid to quarantine nurse Kaci Hickox, who returned to the United States last week after treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone.
2014-10-31

The Special Court for Sierra Leone at The Hague delivers its verdict in the trial of former President of Liberia Charles Taylor on charges of arming Sierra Leone's rebels in return for "blood diamonds" in the 1990s. He is convicted on charges related to aiding and abetting war crimes but acquitted of charges of ordering them.
2012-04-26

The head of Sierra Leone's Anti-Corruption Commission, Abdul Tejan-Cole, resigns.
2010-05-7

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