Calls for Calm as Sierra Leone Gears up for Crucial Election

Calls for Calm as Sierra Leone Gears up for Crucial Election SierraLeone

Sierra Leoneans go to the polls again on 24 June, in the country's fifth post-conflict electoral contest. For more than two decades following its civil war, Sierra Leone has experienced relatively free and fair multiparty elections.

In a joint statement, members of the international community have raised concerns over election-related violence and aggression across the country in the run up to the elections. Some 3.4 million eligible voters will choose a new president from a list of candidates which includes the incumbent Bio and 12 other contenders - although there are two distinct front runners.

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