FREETOWN, Sierra Leone—Sierra Leone's president is rescheduling
his trip to the United States.  No official reason was given
Monday after President Ernest Bai Koroma did not join other
government officials in leaving the country and he did not
report to work.  His absence prompted rumors about his health to
swirl online, and a government spokesman declined to address
them.  Koroma is scheduled to attend the U.N. General Assembly
in New York later this month and to meet with members of Sierra
Leone's diaspora community in the United states.  The 59-year-
old president was easily re-elected to a second term last
November.  Earlier this month, though, authorities arrested six
army soldiers and accused them of attempting a mutiny.