Topic - Freetown

Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city in the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and political centre. The city proper had a population of 772,873 at the 2004 census, - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - The city of Freetown, Sierra Leone, is seen on April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu, File)

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Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone, speaks at the start of the Transforming Education Summit at United Nations headquarters, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Sierra Leone’s President has declared a nationwide curfew after gunmen attacked the West African country's main military barracks in the capital, raising fears of a breakdown of order amid a surge of coups in the region. Bio said Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the unidentified gunmen attacked an armory in the capital, Freetown, early morning. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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A child stands by electoral posters in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on June 14, 2023. With mounting frustration due to an ailing economy, rising unemployment and looming deadly protests, Sierra Leoneans are heading to the polls on Saturday, June 24 2023, to select their next president. (AP Photo/TJ Bade)

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Dr. Mamadu Baldeh, one of only four physicians managing the COVID-19 unit and the only one doing so while still overseeing the infectious diseases unit, is photographed outside the Connaught Hospital where he works in the capital Freetown, Sierra Leone Friday, May 8, 2020. Despite the loss of colleagues, Baldeh is fighting not only to save his coronavirus patients but also to provide quality care for those afflicted with other infectious diseases as he and other health care workers fight for a better system. (Vicki Remoe/VRC Marketing via AP)

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FILE -In this file photo taken on Sept. 25, 2015, Chinese Ambassador Zhao Yanbo, left, stand next to Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma, center, and Sierra Leone's Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana, right, during the opening ceremony of the China Friendship Hospital catering for Ebola virus patience in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone&#8217;s vice president sought asylum on the United States on Saturday, March 14, 2015, saying he no longer felt safe in the country after soldiers disarmed the security team at his residence. &#8220;I don&#8217;t feel safe this morning as vice president,&#8221; Samuel Sam-Sumana told The Associated Press by phone. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff,File)

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In this April 2014 photo provided by the United Methodist News Service, Dr. Martin Salia poses for a photo at the United Methodist Church's Kissy Hospital outside Freetown, Sierra Leone. Salia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown, on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, to the Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha, Neb., for treatment. (AP Photo/United Methodist News Service, Mike DuBose) MANDATORY CREDIT

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