Sunday clashes in Sierra Leone were a ‘foiled coup attempt:' Minister

Sierra Leone's Information Minister, Chernor Bah, announced on Tuesday that the clashes that resulted in about twenty casualties on Sunday in the capital, Freetown, were a "foiled coup attempt."  

Speaking to journalists, he clarified that it was an "attempted coup thwarted, aimed at attacking the democratically elected government of Sierra Leone and overthrowing it." 

AFP