L’explosion d’un camion-citerne la semaine pass\u00e9e en Sierra Leone a fait 131 morts, selon un nouveau bilan communiqu\u00e9 mercredi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ab\u00a0Le bilan s’est alourdi, il y a 131 morts et 63 personnes hospitalis\u00e9es\u00a0\u00bb, a annonc\u00e9 \u00e0 l’AFP Lamarana L. Bah, responsable de la communication \u00e0 l’Agence nationale de gestion des catastrophes (NDMA). La pr\u00e9sidence sierra-l\u00e9onaise a annonc\u00e9 de son c\u00f4t\u00e9 une c\u00e9r\u00e9monie dans l’apr\u00e8s-midi pour marquer la fin des trois jours de deuil national, annonc\u00e9 dimanche par le chef de l’Etat Julius Maada Bio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Le drame est survenu vendredi quand un camion-citerne percut\u00e9 par un autre poids lourd \u00e0 une station essence a explos\u00e9 dans une zone industrielle de la capitale Freetown. Selon des t\u00e9moins, la majorit\u00e9 des victimes sont des vendeurs ambulants et des motocyclistes pi\u00e9g\u00e9s par les flammes alors qu’ils tentaient de r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer le carburant s’\u00e9chappant du camion-citerne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
La Sierra Leone, une ancienne colonie britannique de 7,5 millions d’habitants, est un des pays les plus pauvres de la plan\u00e8te malgr\u00e9 un sol regorgeant de diamants. Son \u00e9conomie, gangren\u00e9e par la corruption, a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9vast\u00e9e par une guerre civile (1991-2002) qui a fait 120.000 morts. Elle peinait toujours \u00e0 se remettre des effets de l’\u00e9pid\u00e9mie d’Ebola quand elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 touch\u00e9e par le Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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