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Guinea-Bissau president calls deadly violence 'attempted coup', as soldiers ordered back to barracks
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Saturday said this week's deadly violence involving members of the National Guard was an "attempted coup" as the army ordered them back to barracks.
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Coup attempt in Sierra Leone
Authorities claim armed men, including serving and retired soldiers, tried to illegally overthrow the government on Sunday
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Sierra Leone government says 'calm has been restored' after armed clashes
Sierra Leone's president said most leaders of attacks on the nation’s main military barracks and prisons had been arrested and normalcy had returned across the country after a 24-hour curfew was relaxed to a dusk-to-dawn lockdown.
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Sierra Leone declares nationwide curfew after attack on Freetown army barracks
A military armoury in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown came under attack on Sunday, the government announced, as it imposed an immediate national curfew.
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