Friday, November 16, 2012

Sierra Leone: Tight race expected in Saturday's Presidential election

Sierra Leone readied Friday for a high-stakes election in which incumbent Ernest Koroma is seeking a second term in what is billed as a tight race with his main rival Julius Maada Bio.

Saturday's election is the third since the end of the 11-year civil war which ended in 2002. It will provide a crucial yardstick of the west African nation's recovery and put the victors in charge of a lucrative mining boom.

In the capital Freetown, a city undergoing a construction boom and newly paved

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