Sierra Leone army confines troops to barracks amid political crisis

Sierra Leone's army chief on Monday ordered soldiers to remain in their barracks and warned them to steer clear of a political crisis that has erupted following the controversial dismissal of the West African nation's vice-president. President Ernest Bai Koroma sacked his deputy, Samuel Sam-Sumana, last week, saying he had abandoned his duties by requesting asylum at the U.S. Embassy in the capital Freetown. The ruling All People's Congress had accused the vice-president of creating his own political movement and kicked him out of the party. "Politics is not for a soldier," Major General Samuel Omar Williams told more than 2,000 troops gathered at a military barracks in Freetown. March 23, 2015 at 06:48PM

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