{"id":258,"date":"2011-07-14T16:24:21","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T16:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=258"},"modified":"2016-03-04T12:58:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T12:58:32","slug":"launch-of-old-tricks-young-guns-elections-and-violence-in-sierra-leone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/launch-of-old-tricks-young-guns-elections-and-violence-in-sierra-leone\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Tricks, Young Guns: Elections and Violence in Sierra Leone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Christiana Thorpe, head of the National Electoral Commission in Sierra Leone, spoke at a private round table discussion about preparations for the\u00a0presidential, parliamentary and local council elections which took place in November 2012.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 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