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Sierra Leone's main opposition party has rejected the partial results of a tense presidential election that showed President Julius Maada Bio leading the poll, alleging irregularities in the tallying process. The All People's Congress (APC) party's main candidate Samura Kamara, 72, is the incumbent's main rival. A provisional results sheet on Monday showed Kamara trailing behind Bio with just under 800,000 votes, compared to over 1 million for the president.

FREETOWN (Reuters) -Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio secured victory in the West African countrys presidential election with more than 56% of the votes to avoid a run-off against main rival Samura Kamara, the electoral commission said on Tuesday.

FREETOWN (Reuters) -Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio secured victory in the West African country's presidential election with more than 56% of the votes to avoid a run-off against main rival Samura Kamara, the electoral commission said on Tuesday. "I hereby certify that Bio Julius Maada having polled... 56.17% of the total valid vote cast ... is elected president," Sierra Leone's chief electoral commissioner Mohamed Kenewui Konneh said. Kamara, 72, who suffered a narro...

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio secured victory in the West African country's presidential election with more than 56% of the votes to avoid a run-off against main rival Samura Kamara, the electoral commission said on Tuesday.

Sierra Leone counted votes in a tense presidential election on Monday following violence and the death of an opposition party volunteer at the weekend, as international observers voiced concern about lack of transparency in the tallying of ballots.

ABIDJAN, June 26 (Reuters) - Above-average rain in most of Ivory Coasts cocoa regions last week has flooded plantations and could affect the start of the next October-to-March main crop, farmers said on Monday. The worlds to...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - The departure of a United Nations peacekeeping mission from Mali will strike a

The departure of a United Nations peacekeeping mission from Mali will strike a "fatal blow" to a peace accord and threaten stability across the region, a coalition of armed groups in the north of the country has warned. Mali's junta on Friday asked the peacekeeping force, known as MINUSMA, to leave "without delay", a demand that followed years of fraying relations between the U.N. and Bamako's military leadership. "The departure of MINUSMA without a credible al...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Around 3.4 million Sierra Leoneans are expected to vote in a general election on Saturday in which incumbent President Julius Maada Bio is seeking a second and final term amid frustrations over economic hardship.

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroons government is seeking to block Frances LGBT+ rights ambassador from travelling to the country to hold a conference on gender and sexual identity, saying the discussion topics breach anti-homosexuality legislation.