Sierra Leone’s presidential election results were too close to call after half the votes had been counted on Saturday, with the two front runners neck-and-neck, making a second round likely.

Ex-foreign minister Samura Kamara of the ruling All People’s Congress and rival Julius Maada Bio, a former junta leader and candidate of the Sierra Leone People’s Party, each had about 43 percent of the ballots cast in Wednesday’s poll. Kamara was about 1,500 votes ahead.

The other two main candidates Kan…
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