![Sierra Leone's contested elections have raised fears about the country's democracy.](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sierra-leone-elections-democracy-bio-slpp-apc-economy-08212023.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
According to Sierra Leone’s electoral commission, incumbent President Julius Maada Bio was reelected to a second—and constitutionally final—term in the June 24 presidential ballot. But opposition in the country as well as international observers have raised serious concerns about the credibility of that result.