Sierra Leone's election commission says President Julius Maada Bio has won a second term in office. The announcement Tuesday said that the incumbent leader had received 56.17% of ballots cast, just over the 55% needed to avoid a second round.

Bio's Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) won nearly 1.6 million votes – 56.1% of the total ballots – to defeat his closest opponent, Samura Kamara of the opposition All People's Congress ...

Sierra Leone is bordered on the north and east by Guinea, on the south by Liberia, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The country can be divided into four …

FILE PHOTO: Sierra Leone's President and ruling party candidate Julius Maada Bio speaks to journalists after casting his vote for national elections at a polling station in Freetown, Sierra Leone ...

The conflict in Sierra Leone dates from March 1991 when fighters of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) launched a war from the east of the country near the border with Liberia to overthrow the government. With the support of the Military Observer Group (ECOMOG) of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Sierra Leone's army tried …

Sier­ra Leone's Maa­da Bio seeks re-elec­tion amid eco­nom­ic woes. The June 24 vote is the fifth since the end of the civ­il war in 2002 and held amid high un­em­ploy­ment and in­fla ...

genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has been recognized as a gross violation of human rights of and women. This is well established in numerous international legal instruments. It forms part of the initiation ceremony that confers womanhood in Sierra Leone. and women who are subjected to this practice are …

Sierra Leone Population Demographics Maps Gender Based Violence Half the Sky Independent Lens PBS. Sierra Leone is a rapidly growing country with an estimated …

Sierra Leone has a population of around 8.8 million, but less than half (3.3 million) are registered to vote in this election. The country has been facing a number of issues, including a soaring ...

President of Sierra Leone and Leader of Sierra Leone People's party (SLPP), Julius Maada Bio, addresses his supporters during his final campaign rally in Freetown on June 20, 2023.

Earlier we reported on a gold mine collapse in Sierra Leone in which 200 people were said to be killed. The good news is that 200 people didn't die. The bad news …

Sierra Leone's main opposition party said it had decided to formally reject the results of the national election won by President Julius Maada Bio, citing "glaring irregularities", and called for ...

Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) and the All People's Congress (), looms large as Sierra Leone gears up for elections in 2012. Inter-party violence, opportunistic criminal activity, and accompanying human rights abuses were elements of the last contested election, and there is great potential for abuses during the next elections.

Over 60% of individuals in Sierra Leone die prematurely, before age 70 years, most from preventable or treatable causes. Nationally representative mortality surveys such as the SL-SRS are of high value in providing reliable cause-of-death information to set public health priorities and target interventions in low-income countries.

On June 1998, the Security Council established the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL) for an initial period of six months. The Secretary-General named Special Envoy Okelo as his Special Representative and Chief of Mission. The mission monitored and advised efforts to disarm combatants and restructure the nation's security ...

Sierra Leone's iconic cotton tree felled by storm. BBC/Umaru Fofana. An iconic landmark in the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown - a hundreds-year-old towering cotton tree - has been brought …

1 min. Between 1991 and 2002, the small West African nation of Sierra Leone was ravaged by a decade of war, which left between 50,000 and 200,000 people dead. The conflict was also marked by rapes ...

The 115 people killed in Friday's massive fuel tanker explosion in Sierra Leone are being buried in a mass ceremony in the capital, Freetown. Many of the dead were burnt beyond recognition after ...

Amb. Reimer hosts MCC CEO Visit in Freetown as the U.S. and Sierra Leone Finalize Compact Development; THE UNITED STATES SUPPORT WFP'S RESPONSE AS HIGH FOOD PRICES INCREASE HUNGER IN SIERRA LEONE; U.S. Ambassador supports Community-Based Projects throughout Sierra Leone; Alert. Sierra Leone is scheduled …

concassage seirra leone. Overview. Sierra Leone is well known for its vast endowment in minerals which include diamonds, rutile, bauxite, gold, iron ore, limonite, platinum, …

On April 26, 2012, Taylor was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during Sierra Leone's civil war, because he had aided and abetted the rebel forces who committed the crimes. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Taylor filed an appeal, but it was rejected, and his verdict and sentencing were upheld.

BBC World Service Newsroom. AFP. The opposition in Sierra Leone is disputing the provisional results announced by the …

Reuters —. European election observers in Sierra Leone said there were "statistical inconsistencies" in the presidential results published by the electoral commission, which declared ...

Unisa Kamara's dissertation seeks to give an account of the Sierra Leone conflict and the different measures and strategies including diplomatic attempts and efforts that were …

The United States established diplomatic relations with Sierra Leone in 1961, following its independence from the United Kingdom. The U.S. and Sierra Leone enjoy a warm and cordial relationship. The two countries are linked by the history of slavery in the United States, an institution that would send a large number of African slaves from ...

The AFRC met with increasing resistance on all fronts: domestically, its troops were engaged in battle with militia forces loyal to Kabbah's government; internationally, the …

1 of 5 | . A bulldozer clears the fallen Cotton Tree in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone, Thursday May 25, 2023. Sierra Leone's centuries-old iconic Cotton Tree, seen as a symbol of liberty and freedom by early settlers, fell during torrential rains in the capital causing a great loss to the nation and leaving "a gap in our hearts", President …

Sierra Leone 'blood diamonds' not forever Avenir. Une entreprise israélienne a commencé à exploiter une nouvelle grande usine de concassage de pierre dans une mine de …

The difficulties in the country were compounded in March 1991 when conflict in neighbouring Liberia spilled over the border into Sierra Leone. Momoh responded by deploying troops to the border region to repel the incursion of Liberian rebels known as the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), led by Charles Taylor. Sierra Leone's army came under attack …

The ruling Sierra Leone People's Party has won 60% of the seats in a parliamentary election, the election commission said on Saturday, as the main opposition party demanded a rerun of the vote ...