- The electoral commission announced that Julius Maada Bio had a significant lead with 60% of the votes counted, putting him on track to win re-election.
- After the first round of voting on Saturday, Bio received more votes—55.86%—than the minimum 55%. Samura Kamara, who is his biggest competitor, came in second with 41.53 percent.
- Within 48 hours, the final results should be ready. 3.4 million voters were registered for the election.
- In his first tenure as a civilian, Bio—a former coup leader—has fought for women’s and educational rights. Accusations of misappropriating state monies are the subject of a drawn-out prosecution for Kamara, a former foreign and finance minister.
- At the APC party headquarters in Freetown, security agents brutally scattered opposition supporters causing the death of a woman.
