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- ↑ "NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (NOTICE OF PROVISIONAL LIST OF NOMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES) in Sierra Leone" Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine , National Electoral Commission (news.sl), July 10, 1007.
- ↑ Final results from the National Electoral Commission Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine , August 25, 2007.
- ↑ "Former Sierra Leone Vice President Declares Support for Current Vice President to become the Next President" Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine , Awareness Times, September 4, 2007.
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