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24 Sierra Leonean soldiers are sentenced to long prison terms for failed coup. One gets 120 years
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Twenty-four soldiers in Sierra Leone were sentenced to lengthy prison terms, some for up to 120 years, after being convicted by a military court for their roles in an attempted coup in the West African nation last year. A seven-member jury convicted...
Sierra Leone not long ago still chained mental health patients. A transformation is underway
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Abdul Jalloh was the only practicing psychiatrist in Sierra Leone when he took over the country’s sole psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of the capital. Now six years later, the young doctor is leading a transformation of mental health services in the West...
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