Sierra Leone’s former President, Ernest Bai Koroma, has been charged with four counts of treason in connection to an attempted coup.
He was in court in the capital, Freetown, as the charges were read to him. He has previously denied involvement.
Last November, gunmen broke into a military armoury and several prisons, freeing almost 2,000 inmates.
Twelve others were on Tuesday charged over the attempted coup, including one of Mr Koroma’s former bodyguards.
BBC/Simeon Ugbodovon
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