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    Deal Goes Bad! Sierra Leone’s Ex-President Charged With Treason After Failed Coup

    Seka MosesBy Seka MosesJanuary 4, 2024No Comments2 Mins Read
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    By Frank Kamuntu 

    Sierra Leone’s ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with four offences including treason for his alleged role in a failed military attempt to topple the West African country’s government in November, a court in the capital Freetown has said.

    The court’s decision on Wednesday could escalate tensions in the country coming after the attempted coup and a contentious election in which President Julius Maada Bio was re-elected for a second term in June 2023.

    Frictions have been on the rise in the country, which is still recovering from a 1991-2002 civil war that killed more than 50,000 people.

    The result of the election was rejected by the main opposition candidate, and questioned by international partners including the United States and the European Union.

    Gunmen on November 26 attacked military barracks, a prison and other locations in Sierra Leone, freeing about 2,200 inmates and killing more than 20 people.

    The government said later that it was a foiled coup led mostly by Koroma’s bodyguards. They summoned the ex-president for questioning at the start of December.

    The former president condemned the attacks in a statement shortly after they happened.

    Koroma’s charges, which also include misprision of treason and two counts of harbouring, were read out while he stood in the dock and some of his supporters cried in the courtroom.

    “A dangerous precedent has been set … We are dragging a former head of state – democratically elected – on trumped up charges under a political vendetta,” Koroma’s lawyer, Joseph Kamara, told the Reuters news agency.

    A high court later on Wednesday granted bail to the former president, who is currently restricted at his home in the capital. The case was adjourned until January 17.

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