Life returned to the streets of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown on Monday, November 27, afternoon as shops and business ventures opened up after the government alleviated curfew measures previously sanctioned due to an attack on a military barracks in the city.
Sierra Leone’s government had remarked that m security forces had forced back the “renegade soldiers” who attempted to break into a military armoury in Freetown during the early hours of Sunday, November 26, leading to gunshots being heard across several neighbourhoods.
President Julius Maada Bio had in an address to the West African nation on Sunday night, said that most of the leaders of the attack had been apprehended, adding that security operations to arrest others, further investigations were still ongoing. He had also revealed that calm had been restored to the attacked city, with the government relaxing the all-day curfew, which will now run from 21:00-06:00 GMT.
Sierra Leone has been tense since Bio was re-elected into office in June this year, a result that was rejected by the main opposition candidate and questioned by several international partners including the United States of America and the European Union.
