A tanker truck explosion at night in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown caused massive loss of life, with dozens reportedly dead. Many of the victims were allegedly trying to collect fuel after an accident on the road. Images shared online and purportedly taken after the blast show a massive fire in the street, with a column […]
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Sierra Leone formally ends ‘inhumane’ death penalty, country’s president says move ‘exorcises the horrors of a cruel past’
The president of Sierra Leone officially abolished the country’s death penalty on Friday, three months after its parliament backed ending the ‘cruel’ and ‘inhumane’ practice of capital punishment. In place of the death penalty, the West African nation will punish serious offenders by sentencing them to life in prison, with a minimum term of 30 […]