· August, 2007

Stories about Sierra Leone from August, 2007

Sierra Leone: Blogging the Elections

Sierra Leone held its presidential and parliamentary elections on August 11, 2007. The exercise marked a peaceful transition to democracy after years of civil war. None of the presidential candidates won at least 55% to prevent a run-off, which is set for September 8th, 2007. Now on to the Sierra Leone Blogosphere to see what bloggers have had to say about the process...

31 August 2007

Sierra Leone: Election update

Sierra Leone election update: “If you don't know by now let me be the first to say that THERE WILL BE A RUN OFF….No political party will be able to...

16 August 2007

Sierra Leone: frustrated voters

Voters in Freetown, Sierra Leone, were like frustrated dancers: “If the frustrated dancer is not given the floor or if the rules of the dancing competition were changed immediately to...

15 August 2007

Sierra Leone: election update

Sierra Leone election update: “Pre-Elections Last Week, the first ever presidential debates were held in Freetown at Lagoonda Entertainment Complex and this young wannabe scored tickets curtesy of a friend...

15 August 2007

Sierra Leone: post-election day

Post-election day in Sierra Leone: “Sunday, August 12. remained quiet overnight which means that we no longer have a curfew. So this morning I went to church with a couple...

12 August 2007