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Sierra Leone Is A Nation in Mourning
Sierra Leone prepares for mass funerals after mudslides
Seven days of mourning for those who perished in the mud slide as Sierra Leone begins burying the dead.
Plus Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga announces he will challenge the presidential election result in court after all, and five years after 34 platinum miners were killed in Marikana, South Africa, what has changed for the people there?
(Image: A man shows his grief outside the entrance of the Connaught Hospital in Freetown. Credit: Reuters)
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