After a campaign plagued by multiple violent occurrences, a winner emerged from Sierra Leone's 2023 elections, which were held in tense conditions on Saturday.
Julius Maada Bio has been re-elected president.
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Women have played a critical role in diplomacy for centuries, yet their contributions have often been overlooked.
On Saturday’s #WomenInDiplomacy Day, and every day, let’s recognize & celebrate how women are breaking barriers & making a difference.
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THANKS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE AND THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION for the accreditation granted us to monitor and observe the countrys high -stakes presidential, parliamentary and council elections today.
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We deployed 55 elections observers in all throughout the country of Sierra Leone. We have just completed another successful mission , consistent with the goals and aspirations of WIMAGE.
WOMEN IN AUDITING AND MONITORING GLOBAL ELECTIONS
As Africa's first democratically-elected woman president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, led Liberia, through reconciliation and recovery following a decade-long civil war and responded to the Ebola Crisis of 2014-2015. She was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for her work to empower women.
Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first female and African American justice sworn into the United States Supreme Court. She replaces Justice Stephen Beyer at a critical and vulnerable period in American society.
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