Freetown (AFP) - Sierra Leone's former president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, widely credited as the man who returned peace to the nation after years of brutal civil war, died on Thursday aged 82, a close family friend told AFP.
"Former president Kabbah died at his home around 15:50 GMT (3:50 pm) and the body has been transferred to the... funeral home in Freetown," said John Benjamin, a former chairman of Kabbah's Sierra Leone People's Party.
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