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Sierra Leone: Governing party confident of win

November 19, 2012 RSS Feed Print

The incumbent president, Koroma, has pointed to his accomplishments during his first term, pleading with voters in his campaign signs: "I Will Do More."

He faced eight opponents including leading opposition figure Julius Maada Bio, a retired brigadier-general who calls himself the "father of democracy" after his brief three-month tenure at the country's helm in 1996.

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Associated Press writer Krista Larson contributed to this report.

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