Sierra Leone's information minister, Chernor Bah, confirmed that the attacks on military barracks and prisons in the capital Freetown over the weekend were a failed coup attempt. This follows the arrest of military members in August on suspicions of a coup plot. Meanwhile, Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has dissolved the nation's parliament after a foiled coup.
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolves the nation’s parliament with immediate effect, following an attempted coup https://t.co/yVWnF3XvE8
Guinea Bissau president dissolves parliament after foiled coup https://t.co/QNEqQ5aEeV https://t.co/8Rk0M9wrge
Guinea-Bissau president says this week’s violence was ‘attempted coup’ https://t.co/PZzAV7eYik
The government of Sierra Leone has announced that a series of armed attacks that took place last weekend represented a failed coup attempt. Ebenezer Obadare joined the WarCast to tell us what happened. https://t.co/pNyNNji837
Sierra Leone had a presidential election in June that was widely slammed by observers for irregularities in the results. In August, the govt arrested military members on suspicions of a coup plot. Now it's just been admitted that Sunday's violence was actually a coup attempt
Sierra Leone information minister says weekend attack was a failed coup https://t.co/3MrRA4eTYc https://t.co/dJkboTapMh
Series of weekend attacks on military barracks and prisons in Sierra Leone were a failed coup attempt, say officials https://t.co/J6dmRDEymG https://t.co/Iqp24k8LNe
⚠️ SIERRA LEONE INFORMATION MINISTER SAYS WEEKEND ATTACK WAS A FAILED COUP Full Story → https://t.co/KNQpXM2A3b Sierra Leone information minister Chernor Bah said on Tuesday that attacks on several locations in the capital Freetown on Sunday were a failed attempt to overthrow…