As results trickle in from Sierra Leone’s presidential and parliamentary elections on 11 August, losing parties are likely to challenge the results...

Sierra Leoneans go to the polls on 11 August having the second lowest standard of living in the world, according to UN Human Development Report. Of...

Reports monitored by this paper from the BBC Focus on Africa programme last evening indicated that there is a likelihood of Saturday’s elections in...

Elections in Sierra Leone will have an impact on the future role the UN will play in the country, according to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon....

Almost five years after the civil war ended the majority of Sierra Leoneans still live in grinding poverty, yet even as tensions mount ahead of...

During Sierra Leone’s war many youth could feed themselves by taking up arms and pillaging. Now, in peace time, with democracy flourishing and a...

Seven candidates vying for the top post in Sierra Leone’s government are heating up their campaign trails with only three days to the polling day. ...

The United Nations and its international partners have voiced renewed concern at widely reported cases of intimidation and violence ahead of...

Despite fears of pre-election violence and the possibility of vote rigging, Sierra Leone’s chief electoral commissioner says the country is ready...

President Tejan Kabba to Step Down As the countdown to the presidential elections in Sierra Leone diminishes to days,...