Introduction The West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network WADEMOS, from May 15 ndash;18, 2023, embarked on a pre-election solidarity mission to Sierra Leone ahead of the forthcoming presidential, parliamentary, mayoral, and local council elections scheduled for June 24, 2023. The mission was in recognition of the shared democratic values of people across the ECOWAS sub-region and in acknowledgment of the unity among civil society and other civic actors across the West African sub-re