West African Attacks Put Sierra Leone on Alert

Recent hotel attacks in Burkina Faso and Mali have prompted concerns and increased vigilance in countries across West Africa. Sierra Leone, for example, has stepped up security not only around hotels popular with foreigners, but also at the airport, at land borders and on the waterways. Francis Langumba Kelli, spokesperson for the Office of National Security (ONS) in Sierra Leone, said there has been no direct threat from any terrorist organization, but that the country is not taking...

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