After warnings of the current President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah to impose a state of emergency, the two candidates and the outgoing president met for talks on the weekend. After the ongoing campaigning was escorted by roits, violent attacks and clashes the current president wants to calm down the escalation of violence in order to secure 'politics, not war.'. Read more about the situation in Mail and Guardian and on BBC News online.

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