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Tuesday, August 15, 2017
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Mudslide-hit Sierra Leone says it needs ‘urgent’ help
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePresident Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone says his country needs “urgent support now” for thousands of people affected by massive flooding and mudslides in the capital of one of the world’s poorest nations.
Addressing the media in the Regent hilltop community of Freetown, one of the areas hit hardest by a mudslide that has destroyed homes, Koroma fights back tears as he says the devastation “was overwhelming us.”
Israel announced Monday it would send aid and the country’s envoy in West Africa is coordinating starting bringing in food and medical help, the Foreign Ministry says.
— with AFP
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