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Sierra Leone Mourns Mudslide Victims

Sierra Leone's President Koroma declares seven days of mourning for mudslide victims

Rescue efforts continue in Freetown but at least 400 people are dead, and hundreds are still missing after the tragedy that struck on Monday.

Plus Zambia drops treason charges against opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema and five others, and we hear from one of Cape Verde's celebrated singers, Fantcha.

(Image: A woman, with arms raised outside the central morgue in Freetown, mourns the death of her son. Credit: Reuters)

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Wed 16 Aug 201715:06GMT

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