FREETOWN, Sierra Leone
State-run radio announced that military ruler Capt. Valentine Strasser had been ousted in a coup.
The announcement said Brig. Julius Maada Bio had replaced Strasser, who came to power in April 1992 in another military coup.
Soldiers surrounded the radio station in the capital, Freetown. There was no immediate indication of bloodshed.
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