Jill LangloisNovember 24, 2012 20:31

Koroma, 59, easily won the election with 59 percent of the vote, beating his closest competitor, Sierra Leone People's Party's candidate Julius Maada Bio, who had 37 percent.

Sierra Leone elections: Voters cast their ballots

Samantha StainburnNovember 17, 2012 14:24

Incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma is running for reelection against eight candidates, including ex-military leader Julius Maada Bio, BBC News reported.

Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor to appeal war crimes conviction

Luke BrowneJune 19, 2012 10:47

In April the Special Court for Sierra Leone found Charles Taylor guilty on 11 counts in connection with atrocities including rape and murder during Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war, in which some 50,000 people were killed and thousands more badly mutilated.

Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia, sentenced to 50 years

Luke BrowneMay 30, 2012 08:47

The prosecution at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone had asked for a sentence of not less than 80 years, which Charles Taylor and his defence counsel had called “manifestly disproportionate and excessive.”

Erin Conway-SmithApril 26, 2012 07:23

Chatter: Charles Taylor aided Sierra Leone war crimes

Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president, has been found guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the brutal Sierra Leone civil war. Taylor, who stood trial at a special court in The Hague, was accused of trading diamonds from Sierra Leone for weapons he channeled to rebels.

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New oil discovered off Liberia and Sierra Leone coasts

Luke BrowneFebruary 21, 2012 16:57

Drillers converged on West African shores five years ago after one of the continent’s biggest oil fields was discovered off Ghana.

Africa Tourism: Sierra Leone sells beaches not blood diamonds

Lynn MorrisJanuary 25, 2012 07:29