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Sierra Leoneans cast their votes with cost-of-living centre stage

Voters in Sierra Leone head to the polls on Saturday for a national election which the main opposition party hopes will see public frustration with deep economic hardship foil President Julius Maada Bio’s re-election bid. About 3.4 million people are expected to vote in the presidential and legislative poll after a campaign whose final stage was marred by tensions that led to the cancellation of rallies and clashes at an opposition […]

today24 June 2023

International News

Sierra Leone Supreme Court postpones presidential runoff to March 31

Sierra Leone’s presidential runoff vote has been postponed to Saturday, March 31 by the Supreme Court, the elections body announced late Monday (March 26) in an official statement. The original date was tomorrow March 27 but a High Court injunction affected the electoral body’s preparation leading to the four-day extension. Lawyers for the Sierra Leone National Electoral Commission (NEC) approached the apex court for the extension hours after the High […]

today27 March 2018

International News

Sierra Leone poll looks set for second round with 75 percent results in

Sierra Leone’s presidential election results were too close to call after three quarters of the votes had been counted on Sunday, with the two frontrunners neck-and-neck, making a second round highly likely. The main opposition leader Julius Maada Bio, candidate of the Sierra Leone People’s Party, took a slight lead with 43.3 percent of the vote, against ruling All People’s Congress candidate and ex-foreign minister Samura Kamara’s 42.6 percent. Bio, […]

today12 March 2018

International News

Sierra Leone’s 2018 poll takes shape

Sierra Leoneans will go to the polls in 2018 to elect a new president. Incumbent Ernest Bai Koroma is not eligible to stand after serving two consecutive terms. Koroma came to power in 2007 under the aegis of the All People’s Congress (APC), he won a second term in November 2012. The two main candidates aiming for Bai Koroma’s seat are a minister and former junta leader turned politician. The […]

today19 October 2017

International News

Sierra Leone appeals for urgent help for flood victims

The president of Sierra Leone says his country needs "urgent support now" for thousands of people affected by flash flooding and mudslides in and around the capital Freetown. Ernest Bai Koroma fought back tears on Tuesday as he said at a news conference in the hilltop community of Regent that the disaster "was overwhelming". "Entire communities have been wiped out," Koroma said at the site where heavy rains streaming down […]

today16 August 2017

International News

Sierra Leone schools for pregnant students raise questions

A government programme for separate schools for pregnant students introduced two years ago in Sierra Leone is facing critical scrutiny. Pregnant students were not allowed to sit in the same class in the West African country as their peers because they are seen as a bad influence. In April 2015, schools in Sierra Leone reopened after a nine-month break due to the Ebola crisis. However, "visibly pregnant" girls were banned from […]

today10 April 2017

International News

Sierra Leone pastor finds huge 706-carat diamond

A pastor in Sierra Leone has unearthed a 706-carat diamond, according to the government, in one of the largest precious stone finds ever made worldwide. The discovery was made by Pastor Emmanuel Momoh in an artisanal mine in the village of Koyadu in eastern Kono district, a government statement said on Thursday. "A 706-carat diamond was presented to President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma yesterday evening," the statement said. "Receiving the […]

today17 March 2017

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