Gerihun

Town in Southern Province, Sierra Leone
7°25′15″N 11°40′43″W / 7.42083°N 11.67861°W / 7.42083; -11.67861Country Sierra LeoneProvinceSouthern ProvinceDistrictBo District

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]

Notable people

  • Albert Joe Demby (1934-2021)

References

  1. ^ 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.
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