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Ghana to provide relief items to victims
The disaster happened on Monday morning after the homes of those in Freetown were engulfed following the collapse of a part of the Sugar Loaf Mountain after a heavy downpour.
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The Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Charles Owiredu, told Accra-based Joy FM that, “We are also trying in our own small way to put together a package,” adding that, “Ghana and the affected country are sisters.”
Several of the victims were asleep when the unfortunate incident occurred.
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Addressing the media, president Ernest Bai Koroma said the devastation “was overwhelming us”.
“Entire communities have been wiped out,” he said. “We need urgent support now.”
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