General elections to be held in Sierra Leone

Nazim Sheikh

Global Courant

KIGALI, Rwanda

In Sierra Leone, voters will go to the polls in the country’s general elections on Saturday to elect the president, lawmakers and local councils.

In the West African country, 13 candidates are running for president.

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Shout out to everyone, we want peaceful elections. No violence. You have a card, go and vote that day,” he said.

Kamara, 72, a former finance and foreign minister, lost to Bio in the 2018 runoff election.

On Wednesday, clashes were reported between police and protesters after opposition APC supporters accused the electoral authority and its chairman, Mohamed Konneh, of being biased in favor of the ruling party.

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