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Over 5,000 observers to monitor in Sierra Leone polls.

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Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - More than 5,000 local and international observers have been accredited to monitor Sierra Leone's presidential and parliamentary election on 14 May.

Sierra Leone's Electoral Commissioner Walter Nicol said in Freetown Thursday that some of the observers were registered in provincial towns.

He said that the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL) has already trained 2,500 local ...

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