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No. 1 (2023): CODESRIA Bulletin, No 1, 2023

7 - Sierra Leone’s Voter Registration Data Discredits the Midterm Census Data: What are Implications for the Presidential Election of June 2023?

Yusuf Bangura
Nyon, Switzerland

Corresponding Author(s) : Yusuf Bangura

bangura.ym@gmail.com

CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 1 (2023): CODESRIA Bulletin, No 1, 2023

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Bangura, Y. (2023). 7 - Sierra Leone’s Voter Registration Data Discredits the Midterm Census Data: What are Implications for the Presidential Election of June 2023?. CODESRIA Bulletin, (1). Retrieved from https://journals.codesria.org/index.php/codesriabulletin/article/view/5453
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