Sierra Leoneans are voting in a general election following a tense campaign marred by violence. The voters are choosing a president, MPs and councillors in the West African country’s fifth election since the civil war ended in 2002. The 11-year conflict cost an estimated 50,000 lives, but since then the country has a tradition of largely peaceful, free and credible elections, according to Marcella Samba Sesay, chairperson of the NGO National Elections Watch. President Julius Maada Bio, 59, of the Sierra Leone People’s Party is running for a second five-year term. There has been an uptick in violence compared to five years ago, according to the West Africa Network for Peace-building Sierra Leone.
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