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President of Sierra Leone
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- Julius Maada Bio has recently taken oath as the new President of Sierra Leone in the capital Freetown.
- Mr Bio is a former military junta leader who briefly ruled Sierra Leone in 1996.
- Representing the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), Maada Bio defeated ruling All People’s Congress (APC) party candidate Samura Kamara, an economist by training.
- President Ernest Bai Koroma has stepped down after serving two five-year terms giving the opposition party its first presidency in 10 years.
- The election is the fourth since Sierra Leone's brutal civil war ended in 2002,
- Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. It’s known for the white-sand beaches lining the Freetown Peninsula.
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