Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio was sworn into a second term on Tuesday, just hours after the country’s electoral authority certified his victory at the polls over the protests of rivals ...

FREETOWN, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's president, Julius Maada Bio, said on Friday that this week's anti-government protests, which led to the deaths of six police officers and at least 21 ...

President Julius Maada Bio has won re-election in Sierra Leone’s tense presidential vote, the election commission confirmed, but his main challenger was quick to reject the results. Chief ...

By Monika Pronczuk and Joseph Johnson President Julius Maada Bio said there had been “a breach of security” at a key military barracks in the capital, Freetown. By Monika Pronczuk The main ...

"By the powers invested in me... I hereby certify that Bio Julius Maada... (is) duly elected president," Konneh said. Vote tallying had already been disputed by the opposition All People's ...

Mr. Bio, 59, a former military officer who participated in two coups during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the 1990s, briefly ruled the country in 1996 as the head of a military junta.