In Sierra Leone today, the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) dominates the political landscape. It controls the presidency, under Julius Maada Bio, and has a slim majority in parliament.

The election is considered a two-horse race between President Bio, 59, of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and 72-year-old former cabinet minister Samura Kamara, who leads the opposition ...

The chairman of Sierra Leone’s main opposition, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), said it is urging its representatives in parliament and local government to boycott all proceedings until ...

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Local Government and Community Affairs – Tamba Lamina, dropped a clanger last week at the government’s Civic Day Engagement ...

Bio’s Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) won nearly 1.6 million votes – 56.1% of the total ballots – to defeat his closest opponent, Samura Kamara of the opposition All People’s Congress ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio speaks ... it will nevertheless represent the greatest challenge to the SLPP in June’s election. Smaller splinter parties that performed well in ...

APC claims that the Electoral Commission took steps to rig the election in favor of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). They say that Chairman of the Electoral Commission Mohamed Konneh is an SLPP ...

Violence against Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) members erupted on Monday as opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma was sworn-in as the new president. President Koroma described violence by his ...

The two main parties are the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), the party of current president Julius Maada Bio; and the All People’s Congress (APC). Roughly 3.4 million people are expected ...