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UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 30 — The UN Security Council on Friday called upon all political parties and candidates in Sierra Leone to accept the results of the Nov. 17 elections and work with the government “in a constructive manner.” A presidential statement, adopted here by the 15-nation UN body, said, “The Security Council calls upon […]

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has the won the presidential election with almost 59% of the votes cast. This results means that no run off is needed because he surpasses the 55% required to be declared the winner. His main opponent, former military ruler Julius Maada Bio, took 38% of the ballots in a […]

Freetown, Sierra Leone – Ernest Bai Koroma generally appeared at ease during his campaign for a second term as the president of Sierra Leone. Even when pushing crowds breached his entourage of bodyguards, the 59-year-old maintained a smile. That confidence proved well-founded. Late Saturday, it was announced Koroma won 58.7 per cent of the vote […]

At the age of 13, a boy living in Sierra Leone created batteries and generators using materials he picked up around the house or from trash bins. Now, he’s wowing experts in the U.S. Kelvin Doe, now 16, became the youngest person in history to be invited to the “Visiting Practitioner’s Program” at MIT, according […]

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leoneans chose Saturday between keeping an incumbent president who has expanded health care and paved roads or electing an opposition candidate to lead this war-scarred nation still recovering a decade later despite its mineral riches. The election marked the third presidential vote since the West African nation’s 11-year conflict ended […]

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday congratulated the people of Sierra Leone for the peaceful and orderly elections held yesterday, the first one run entirely by the Government since the end of the West African nation’s brutal civil war 10 years ago. The voter turnout was reportedly high for the four elections – presidential, parliamentary, local […]

Electoral officials tallied votes from general elections seen as a key test of the west African nation’s post-war recovery as it looks towards greater development thanks to a mining boom. After a peaceful day of voting in the presidential, parliamentary and local elections on Saturday, locals crowded around crackling radios releasing unofficial results from individual […]

Vote counting is underway in the West African nation of Sierra Leone after a calm, but enthusiastic, day of polling for presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Polling stations opened more or less on time to long lines of voters in the capital, Freetown, Saturday. Voters said peace and progress were on their minds. “I’ve got […]

A coalition of non-governmental organisations, National Election Watch, said the voting went well, with some delays in opening polling stations. Incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma faces eight candidates, including ex-military leader Julius Maada Bio.The poll was being closely monitored by several thousand local observers.Voters were choosing a new president, parliament and local councils. The results […]

Hopes are high and the pressure is on as Sierra Leoneans get ready to elect a new president and parliament on Saturday. The country’s third national election since the end of its decade-long civil war in 2002—and its first independently organized election since that conflict—many hope the contest will cement the country’s democratic standing and […]