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freetown

f ree town

  • n  port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone
News & Articles

  • Sierra Leone braces for cholera season
    As the fleeting storms of May give way to the persistent downpours of June, the National Cholera Taskforce in Freetown, Sierra Leone, is working to prevent a repeat of last year's cholera outbreak.
    June 12, 2013 - IRIN
  • Police warn of break-ins in Freetown
    Police are warning Freetown resident to be alert, after six houses were broken into in just one night.
    June 11, 2013 - FOX Providence
  • Freetown police warn residents about burglaries
    FREETOWN — Police warned residents to be on the lookout after a rash of burglaries early Saturday morning.
    June 10, 2013 - The Standard-Times
Quotes

  • Eoin Ryan in Reuters South Africa
    These elections were free and fair but there is still a tense political atmosphere in Freetown,said Eoin Ryan, head of a delegation of European Parliament members, who said he would recommend an increase in EU aid.
  • Lex Lasry QC in The Age
    He has to get his passport back,Mr Lasry said. "The police in Freetown hold his passport, and you can only get flights out of there on Thursday and Sunday. He either gets the flight tonight or he will have to wait till Sunday."
  • Ryan Giggs in Independent
    Giggs said: "I've not been to Sierra Leone yet, but it's somewhere that I want to visit because my family, on my dad's side, can be traced back there. That is something we have spoken about, going to Freetown and doing something for Unicef. Last...

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