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Sierra Leone: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking with international counterparts to ensure that future elections in Sierra Leone will be free and fair.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
12 Nov 2024
Target answer date
18 Nov 2024
Answer
18 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking with international counterparts to ensure that future elections in Sierra Leone will be free and fair.

  2. 18 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    In his first conversation with Sierra Leone's Foreign Minister, Timothy Kabba, Lord Collins, Minister for Africa, highlighted the importance of implementing the Agreement for National Unity and recommendations of the Cross-Party Committee on Electoral Sys...

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