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Sierra Leone clashes were failed coup attempt, government says

Sierra Leone El Nino Freetown Kenya South Africa

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Sierra Leone is now treating Sunday's clashes that killed 21 people in the capital Freetown as a failed coup attempt. Thirteen military officers and one civilian are under arrest. Meanwhile, 11 miners have lost their lives in South Africa after an elevator carrying 86 workers plunged 200 metres at a platinum mine. Finally, severe flooding caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has killed at least 120 people in Kenya, where people in almost 90,000 households have been forced to leave their homes.

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