Sierra Leone drops treason charge against former president Ernest Bai Koroma

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Sierra Leone has dropped a treason charge against former president Ernest Bai Koroma. He had been arrested in 2023 in connection with an attempted coup. The incident involved armed men breaking into a military armoury and several prisons, releasing a number of inmates. Koroma, who led Sierra Leone from 2007 to 2018, had denied any involvement in the unrest.

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