By Kari Barber Freetown 06 September 2007 The two candidates vying for the presidency in Sierra Leone's runoff on Saturday did not take part in a joint peace march as they said they would. The march, ordered by President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, was suppo...
By Kari Barber Freetown 04 September 2007 Sierra Leone police, charged with maintaining order and preventing violence in the nation's presidential runoff Saturday, say they will act more robustly and with less partisan sway following a directive by P...
By Kari Barber Freetown 03 September 2007 A meeting at the opposition APC headquarters to train young supporters in Freetown The two parties in Sierra Leone's presidential runoff have said the only rally to be held in the capital before Saturday's vo...
By Naomi Schwarz Freetown 30 August 2007 In Sierra Leone's presidential election, electricity has become an important campaign issue. In the crowded capital Freetown residents can go weeks without power, but some of the city's youth, faced also with...
By Kari Barber Dakar 30 August 2007 Sierra Leone's police are urging leaders of the two political parties in the presidential runoff to take control of their supporters to avoid the kind of unrest that broke out earlier in the week. Sunday and Monday...
By Kari Barber Dakar 28 August 2007 Sierra Leone president Ahmed Tejan Kabbah (file photo) Sierra Leone President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has said he will declare a state of emergency if clashes continue between supporters of the two main political partie...
By Kari Barber Dakar 24 August 2007 Election officials in Sierra Leone say they will announce a date for the presidential runoff on Saturday. Final results for the first round came in Thursday with opposition leader Ernest Koroma leading outgoing Vic...
By Kari Barber Dakar 19 August 2007 A runoff is looking likely in Sierra Leone's presidential election, held last Saturday. With more than 80 percent of preliminary results released, neither of the top two contenders is close to the 55 percent of vot...
By Kari Barber Dakar 16 August 2007 As vote tallies continue to roll in for Sierra Leone's presidential and parliamentary elections, it appears more likely there will be a presidential runoff. The opposition All People's Congress is claiming victory...
By Phuong Tran 15 August 2007 Partial results from Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission show opposition candidate Ernest Koroma leading the presidential race. About 20 percent of the ballots from Saturday's election have been officially relea...