In his national broadcast on Sunday 26 November 2023, President Julius Maada Bio stated that most of the leaders of an attack on a military barracks in the capital Freetown earlier on Sunday had been arrested.
The attack came as Sierra Leone is still recovering from a 1991-2002 civil war in which more than 50,000 were killed.
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The government had imposed a nationwide dusk to dawn curfew, which has now been reviewed to 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. in response to the attack.
The United States, Britain, ECOWAS, United Nations Secretary-General, among other global leaders have condemned the attempt and called for calm.
The attack is the latest in a series of coups and attempted coups in West Africa in recent years.
Bio was re-elected president in June, a result contested by the main opposition candidate, Samura Kamara.