By Tejan Ayoub Joaque in Port Loko
Some aggrieved parents in the northern Sierra Leonean district of Port Loko have criticised the West African Exams Council (WAEC) for withholding the school-leaving WASSCE results of hundreds of their children. WAEC says the students had spied in the exams.
Nigeria's president Goodluck Jonathan arrives today in the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown less than three weeks before the country goes to the polls. The one-day visit is his first since he became president.
A State House source says he will be awarded one of the country's highest honours.
He will also meet with the electoral conmission and political parties, among others.
Nigerian troops led the West African intervention force, ECOMOG, which restored democracy in the country in 1998 and helped end the revel war.
By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema
Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana on Tuesday assured supporters of his All People’s Congress Party at the Kenema Town field that there would be no room for a run-off in the November 17 polls.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
