Gerihun is a small town in Bo District in southern Sierra Leone. In late April 1996, an attack on the town led its residents and the more than 20,000 inhabitants of a displaced camp in the vicinity to flee to Bo.[1]
Gerihun | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 7°25′15″N 11°40′43″W / 7.42083°N 11.67861°W | |
Country | Sierra Leone |
Province | Southern Province |
District | Bo District |
Notable people
edit- Albert Joe Demby (1934-2021)
References
edit- ^ U.S. Committee for Refugees; Immigration and Refugee Services of America (1 June 1996). 1996 World refugee survey. U.S. Committee for Refugees. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-936548-52-4. Retrieved 16 January 2011.