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Sierra Leone: Massive flooding hits Freetown

The country has been experiencing heavy rain which intensified over the past week

Massive floods in Sierra Leone have washed away shipping containers in the port, informal settlements in the capital, and trapped drivers in their cars.

The Ugandan academic, Stella Nyanzi has been sentenced to 18 months for cyber harassment. We hear from one of her lawyers, who says it was not a fair trial.

And how is insecurity in a part of the Democratic Republic of Congo complicating the fight against Ebola.

(Photo: Children play near their "Royal Kings International" school in Freetown in August 2017 after Sierra Leone's capital was struck by flooding and mudslides that killed nearly 500 people. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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