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Drone footage shows the empty streets of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown as a national curfew has been put in place after a military armoury came under attack. The government said those attempting to break into the armoury at a major army barracks had been repelled, but the public were asked to stay at home. IMAGES
Officials tally up the ballots at a polling station in Freetown, after Sierra Leoneans voted in a mostly peaceful general election following a late start in some polling stations, despite allegations of irregularities from the opposition. President Julius Maada Bio is seeking a second term amid a crippling cost-of-living crisis that sparked deadly riots last year. IMAGES
Sierra Leone's president Julius Maada Bio visits the site of a fuel tanker explosion which killed 98 people in the capital Freetown. Speaking to the crowds, Bio says "we are going to take care of the ones that lost their lives and as a community let us come together and learn from this." IMAGES
The French National Assembly observed a minute's silence in tribute to the victims of the deadly attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). IMAGES
French MPs hold a minute of silence at the National Assembly in tribute to Admiral Philippe de Gaulle, General de Gaulle's eldest son, who died in Paris at the age of 102. IMAGES
Gunshots are heard in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown as a military armoury came under attack overnight according to the government, as it imposed an immediate national curfew. The government said those attempting to break into the armoury had been repelled. IMAGES
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