Magbeni

Magbeni
Village
Magbeni Location in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 8°33′00″N12°49′01″W / 8.55000°N 12.81694°W / 8.55000; -12.81694
Country	Sierra Leone
Province	North West Province
District	Port Loko District
Population  (2000) [1]
• Total	400
Time zone	UTC-5 (GMT)

Magbeni is a village in the Port Loko District of the North West Province of Sierra Leone, and is a part of the Koya chiefdom within the district. The village was part of Operation Barras, a rescue mission involving the British Army and the West Side Boys militia group who occupied the village. ^[2]

Economy

Sand mining is the main industry in the village, which is mainly used for construction purposes. ^[3]

References

1. Watkin, Kenneth (2016). "10.3.3 Modern Counterterrorism: Sierra Leone". Fighting at the Legal Boundaries: Controlling the Use of Force in Contemporary Conflict. Oxford University Press. ISBN   0190457996.
2. Woods, Larry (2010). Military Interventions in Sierra Leone: Lessons from a Failed State. DIANE Publishing. pp. 65–71. ISBN   1437923100.
3. Kamara, Patrick Jaiah. "Magbeni village gets sand mining boat". Sierra Leone Concord Times. Retrieved 25 October 2016.