Tag: Sierra Leone Elections 2012
BREAKING NEWS: Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma re-elected with 58% of votes
Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission has just announced that the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has been re-elected for a second term in office. Just under a week ago Sierra Leoneans went ...Sierra Leone’s electoral commission responds to rumors and voter fraud allegations
By Alpha B Kamara in Freetown The chairperson of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Dr. Christiana Thorpe, says the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) and the Peoples Movement Democratic Change (PMDC) should ...Sierra Leone elections 2012 in Pictures
Sierra Leoneans stood in long queues on November 17th to choose presidential, parliamentary, and local council candidates to govern the nation for the next 5 years. The National Electoral Commission had 9,493 ...Facebook roundup Diaspora Sierra Leoneans: They cant vote but they want peaceful elections
While many Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora have used Facebook to express their political views, a day before the elections several shared messages calling for a peaceful elections. With no absentee voting ...Banter, political tolerance, business as usual days ahead of Sierra Leone’s elections
Sierra Leone’s third national elections since the end of its civil war will take place on November 17th. In the nation’s capital businesses are open, and civil servants are in their offices. ...