All People's Congress

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"All People's Congress" is also the name of a sister organization of the International Action Center in the United States.

The All People's Congress is a political party in Sierra Leone. At the last elections, 14 May 2002, the party won 19.8 % of popular votes and 22 out of 112 seats. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Ernest Bai Koroma won 22.3 % of the vote. It governed the country from 1968 to 1992. From 1978 onwards it was the sole legal party in the country. Former presidents Siaka Stevens and Joseph Saidu Momoh were members of the APC.

APC has traditionally been based amongst the Temne population in the north.

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