Election Watch

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 June 2023: There is no doubt President Julius Maada Bio has stolen the votes of the people of Sierra Leone, so as to continue in office for a second term. Facilitated by the country’s electoral body – the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), President Julius [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 June 2023: The hurried pace with which President Julius Maada Bio was sworn-in as president of Sierra Leone for a second term, after the country’s Electoral Commission had announced its rigged results, despite calls from the Elections Watchdog – NEW and the international community for all [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2023: Sierra Leone’s elections watchdog – NEW, has concluded its press conference in Freetown this morning, after Marcella Samba Sesay – a member of NEW announced on national radio yesterday that, she will be forced to publish the election results NEW has in its possession [Read More]

Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2023: Data collected at the Polling Stations is based on RRF forms and would have been signed by Political Parties and Election Observers. The Polling Data for 100% of the results show the APC is leading the SLPP in the Presidential elections, with [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 June 2023: In the last one-hour President Julius Maada Bio has addressed the people of Sierra Leone, following the announcement of 60% of all votes cast across the country which shows he is leading the opposition APC candidate by 273,915 votes. This is what President Bio [Read More]

Sierr Leone Telegraph: 26 June 2023: Sierra Leone Electoral Commission has in the last couple of hours announced partial results of the presidential election that took place last Saturday. After counting 60% of votes cast across all districts in the country, Dr Samura Kamara – the main opposition All People’s [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 June 2023: A woman was shot dead inside the offices of Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC party office yesterday, when police surrounded the building, firing teargas and live ammunition. It is not clear what prompted the firing by the security forces, but according to reports thousands [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 June 2023: Polling closed late into yesterday evening in Sierra Leone  across many areas, due to delays in the delivery of ballot papers in several polling stations. Millions of people had queued-up outside polling centres well before 7am when voting should have commenced. However, in several [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2023: After a late start this morning, over three million registered voters are lining up in long queues at polling stations across Sierra Leone to decide whether President Bio deserves to be re-elected for another five years. Despite promises by the Electoral Commission that polling [Read More]