Tag: Sierra Leone

Washington: The US has issued visa restrictions on Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone as these countries refused to take back deported citizens. The visa restrictions, effective from Wednesday, affected “certain categories of visa applicants, determined on a country-by-country basis”, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported. […]

Nairobi: At least 109 children were among the more than 300 people who were killed in the deadly floods and mudslides that swept through Sierra Leone earlier in the week, a UN agency said. The number could grow as search and rescue operations are ongoing and over 600 people remain missing, after heavy rainfall caused a […]

Freetown: At least 286 bodies have been recovered from a devastating mudslide in Sierra Leone’s capital, officials said. A total of 286 bodies were brought to a local hospital on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency quoted an official as saying. Head of Operation of the Sierra Leone police, Al Sheik Kamara, said many people were still buried […]

Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan’s banner Red Chillies Entertainments has started preparation for a movie based on Operation Khukri, a rescue operation by the Indian military to rescue over 200 Indian soldiers held captive by rebels in Sierra Leone, West Africa. “There is a lot of excitement in Red Chillies for this project. Since there would […]

FREETOWN: A two-week house to house search began Wednesday in the Port Loki District of Sierra Leone, some 100 kilometers from the capital Freetown, a local journalist said. Most of the confirmed cases are reported in the Lokomasama chiefdom in the district, Xinhua reported. The journalist said that the spike in the cases prompted the […]