2020 in Sierra Leone explained

Events in the year 2020 in Sierra Leone.

Events

• 31 March – First confirmed case of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone
• 23 December – After serving time in Rwanda for war crimes since 2009, former Revolutionary United Front (RUF) leader Augustine Gbao, 72, is returned to Blama to serve the remainder of his 25-year sentence.^[1]

Deaths

• 5 March – Solomon Berewa, politician, Vice-President (b. 1938).^[2]
• 21 March – Eldred D. Jones, literary critic (b. 1925).^[3]
• 18 May – Minkailu Bah, politician.^[4]
• 18 July – Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita, long-distance runner (b. 1947).^[5]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone
• 2020 in West Africa

Notes and References

1. News: Sierra Leone ex-warlord on conditional release after jail in Rwanda . December 23, 2020 . msn.com . AFP . December 23, 2020.
2. https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/sierra-leones-former-vice-president-solomon-berewa-has-died/ Sierra Leone’s former Vice President Solomon Berewa has died
3. https://cocorioko.net/professor-eldred-jones-passes-away/ Professor Eldred Jones passes away
4. https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/sierra-leones-former-minister-of-education-minkailu-bah-has-died/ Sierra Leone’s former minister of education Minkailu Bah has died
5. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/75626 Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita