Sierra Leone Readies for Presidential Poll

As the campaigning period winds down before elections on March 7, candidates are promoting their policies on economy, education, health, and women's rights, writes Laura Angela Bagnetto for RFI.

Posters for presidential candidates are placed around the Cotton Tree, the historic symbol of Sierra Leone, in Freetown.

Jemba Gbandi Ngobeh, presidential candidate for the Revolutionary United Front party, Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone former VP and presidential candidate Samuel Sumana of the Coalition For Change party.

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