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Ernest Bai Koroma: Sierra Leone Ex-President Charged With Treason Over Attempted Coup
GETTY IMAGES | President Koroma has been under house arrest since the attack last November
January 4th, 2024 | 00:24 AM | 1163 views
WEST AFRICA
Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with four counts of treason in connection with an attempted coup.
He was in court in the capital as the charges were read to him. He has previously denied involvement.
Last November, gunmen broke into a military armoury and several prisons in Freetown, freeing almost 2,000 inmates.
Twelve others were on Tuesday charged over the attempted coup, including one of Mr Koroma's former bodyguards.
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by BBC NEWS
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