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Sierra Leone drops treason charges against former President Ernest Bai Koroma
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Sierra Leone drops treason charges against former President Ernest Bai Koroma
Sierra Leone's government has dropped treason charges against ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma over his alleged involvement in a 2023 coup attempt.
- Sierra Leone's government announced it has dropped treason charges against former President Ernest Bai Koroma.
- Koroma has consistently denied involvement in the November 2023 attempted coup, which saw gunmen storm a military armoury and prisons.
- Koroma, in a statement on Tuesday, expressed gratitude to President Julius Maada Bio and other regional leaders for their support.
- The attorney general's office confirmed Koroma is now free to return to Sierra Leone after living in exile in Nigeria since January 2024.
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