At least 21 protesters and six officers have been killed as anger over the soaring cost of living spins out of control
Last modified on Sun 21 Aug 2022 08.01 BSTs workers cleared broken glass from the shattered windows of Mohamed Sillah’s restaurant in Freetown, he described the events of last week, whenshook the capital of Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone has been particularly badly affected by rapid inflation caused in part by the war in Ukraine. And it was the dire economic situation that brought people out on to the streets.Photograph: Picture obtained by Reuters/Reuters
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