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Yes, an escaped prisoner, Biggie Telle has handed over himself to the Sierra Leone Correctional Service.

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FACT-CHECKED by SLAJ | November 30, 2023

Yes, Bai Mahmoud Bangura, the National Organizing Secretary of the APC, was arrested at his residence today (November 29, 2023), by a group of armed OSD officers.

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FACT-CHECKED by SLAJ | November 29, 2023

Yes, the Sierra Leone Police & the Ministry of Information and Civic Education have published 2 different variances in the numbers of people that have been declared wanted following Sunday’s attempted coup.

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FACT-CHECKED by SLAJ | November 29, 2023

Yes, a particular face has been affixed to 2 different names on the lists of fugitives from the Ministry of Information and Civic Education and the Sierra Leone Police. Likewise, this same person appears twice on the wanted list from the police but with different names.

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FACT-CHECKED by SLAJ | November 29, 2023

Yes, there was a brief shooting at Murry Town in the afternoon hours of Tuesday, November 28 as security forces attempted to arrest 2 soldiers who were trapped in a residence.

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FACT-CHECKED by SLAJ | November 28, 2023

Yes, 13 soldiers have been reported killed during Sunday’s gun battle in Freetown.

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FACT-CHECKED by SLAJ | November 28, 2023

Yes, Alhaji Amadu Lamrana Bah (LAJ) voluntarily handed himself to security forces on Monday following Sunday’s prison break.

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FACT-CHECKED by SLAJ | November 28, 2023

Yes, a Canadian Journalist who was based in Freetown, Stephen Douglas, passed on at the 34 Military Hospital in Freetown following a heart attack around the Congo Cross police station.

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FACT-CHECKED by SLAJ | November 26, 2023

No, the claim in a newspaper publication that reads “Honorable Chernor R. M. Bah alias Chericoco engaged in a Coup and is being exposed” is false.

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FACT-CHECKED by SLAJ | November 26, 2023

Yes, Sierra Leone’s maximum correctional facility (prisons) at Pa Demba Road was breached, and inmates escaped following sustained shootings at the country’s main military barracks.

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FACT-CHECKED by SLAJ | November 26, 2023

No, the claim that the SLBC had been set ablaze in viral social media video is false.

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FACT-CHECKED by SLAJ | November 26, 2023

Yes, gunshots were fired around Sierra Leone’s main military barracks.

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FACT-CHECKED by SLAJ | November 26, 2023

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Yes, Alhaji Amadu Lamrana Bah (LAJ) voluntarily handed himself to security forces on Monday following Sunday’s prison break.

Fact-checked November 28, 2023

No, 090088317 & 074786264 are not the official contacts of the EU’s Election Observation Mission in Sierra Leone.

Fact-checked June 13, 2023

No, June 24th multi-tier elections will hold on Saturday, as scheduled by the ECSL.

Fact-checked June 20, 2023

No, the claim that nobody died during Wednesday’s protest is false.

Fact-checked June 22, 2023
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