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Sierra Leone's deputy education minister charged with rape

Sierra Leone's Deputy Education Minister Mamoud Tarawali has been charged with raping a university student, police said.

"He is facing counts of rape, wounding, wounding with intent and assault. He has been denied bail and is currently in Pademba road prison," the inspector general of police Francis Munu said on Tuesday.

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