BBC World Service South Asia

The Newsroom

News

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

The Newsroom: Sierra Leone Plea for Mudslide Victims

Magazines & Reviews

Sierra Leone Plea for Mudslide Victims

15/08/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - The Newsroom, Sierra Leone Plea for Mudslide Victims

'Urgent support' needed after mud buries Freetown villages

'Urgent support' needed after mud buries Freetown villages.

Efforts to recover more people from the muddy rubble that swept through the Regent area near Freetown are continuing. Also, Grace Mugabe skips court, and Saudi Arabia's missing princes.


(Picture: Search and rescue teams continue working at a mudslide site near Freetown.  Credit: AFP/Getty Images.)

BBC World Service

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Newsroom

Sierra Leone Plea for Mudslide Victims

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service South Asia

About BBC World Service