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Sierra Leone: Electoral Commission Orders Recount in Many Polling Stations
Premium Times, 12 March 2018
The Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission (NEC) has ordered the recount of ballot papers for presidential election in 247 Polling Stations (PSs) in the country . Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Presidential Poll Set for Julius Maada Bio and Samura Kamara Run-Off
DW, 12 March 2018
Preliminary results in Sierra Leone's presidential election put main opposition leader Julius Maada Bio slightly ahead of ruling party candidate Samura Kamara. Observers say a… Read more »
Run-Off Likely in Sierra Leone Presidential Polls
Preliminary election results have placed main opposition leader Julius Maada Bio slightly ahead of ruling party candidate Samura Kamaran.The vote will go to a run-off if neither of them reach the 55 percent of votes needed to win the first round.
Posters for presidential candidates are placed around the Cotton Tree, the historic symbol of Sierra Leone, in Freetown.
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Sierra Leone: Opposition Candidate Leads in Sierra Leone With 75% Result Declared
Premium Times, 12 March 2018
Former President Goodluck Jonathan who is the leader of the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) Observer Mission to the March 7 general elections in… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Jonathan-Led EISA Declares Sierra Leonean Elections Peaceful but ...
Vanguard, 9 March 2018
*Appeals for calm as results collation continues Read more »
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Main opposition leader, Julius Maada Bio has called for calm after his supporters engaged in running street battles with police, resulting in at least one injury at the end of an ... Read more »
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The ruling All People's Congress and the Sierra Leone People's Party have dominated politics since the country gained independence in 1961. But two new political parties upset the ... Read more »
