A woman injured during the stampede is carried away by a policemanAt least one person was killed and 20 injured Saturday in a stampede at Sierra Leone's packed main stadium with tens of thousands gathered for the swearing in of the country's new president Julius Maada Bio, police and the Red Cross said. "The death figure may rise because we are still taking injured people from the stadium," said Red Cross chief Unisa Carew. An AFP correspondent said there was chaos at the stadium after the stampede but the ceremony went through nonetheless. Bio took office in early April after a tumultuous election campaign, ending a decade-long rule by the All People's Congress (APC). Sierra Leone's economy is still recovering from war and disease and remains fragile with investors slowly returning, while corruption is widespread.

Source: Daily Mail May 12, 2018 19:30 UTC