Why are there concerns about peace in Sierra Leone’s elections?
Polls open across the country on Saturday for presidential and parliamentary elections
Africa Daily · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
This weekend eligible voters in Sierra Leone will be casting their ballots up and down the country to decide whether to re-elect President Maada Bio or elect a new president. President Bio’s main challenger is Samura Kamara from the opposition APC party once again. He came a very close second in 2018’s presidential election.
It’s an election which comes at a time when Sierra Leone has been dealing with economic challenges which have made life almost unbearable for so many there.
The campaign season has also been marred by a rising number of violent incidents and there are fears that tensions could boil over in this election.
So, for a look at the ins and outs of the election season, Alan Kasujja spoke to journalist Umaru Fofana in the capital, Freetown.