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Following a raid on a military weapons depot, the government in Sierra Leone, West Africa, has imposed a nationwide curfew. Gunfights broke out in the early morning hours at the weapons depot, which is located near the residence of President Julius Maada Bio in the capital Freetown, the Information Ministry said on Sunday. So the situation is under control; The perpetrators are being sought, it was said.

Bio described the incident as a “breach of security” but assured citizens that calm had been restored to the country and that his government was “committed to protecting democracy in Sierra Leone.”

The US Embassy in Sierra Leone condemned the attack “in the strongest possible terms”. “Such actions have no justification whatsoever. We demand full cooperation with the ongoing operations of the government security forces to detain those responsible,” said an embassy message on Platform X. The European Union Representation in Sierra Leone also called for respect for the constitutional order in the country. “There is no justification for the violent occupation of military barracks,” said an X post.

At the end of June, Bio was re-elected despite a serious economic crisis in the small coastal state with 8.8 million inhabitants. A month later, police arrested several senior officers for preparing a riot. Sierra Leone, which is about the size of Bavaria, suffered one of Africa’s worst civil wars from 1991 to 2002, with tens of thousands of deaths. In 2014, an Ebola outbreak plunged the country into another year-long crisis. The economy has not recovered since then. Many people, especially in rural areas, live in extreme poverty.

Bio, who ruled for two months after a military coup in 1996 and helped lead the transition to the country’s first free elections in decades, is revered by many as the country’s “father of modern democracy.” His government, in power since 2018, introduced free education and promoted equality, science and the country’s infrastructure. At the same time, Bio is also criticized for her actions against opponents. More than twenty demonstrators and six police officers were killed in the violent crackdown on protests by state security forces in August. (sda/dpa)