UN in Sierra Leone calls for calm and dialogue.

Late Wednesday afternoon, United Nations Resident Coordinator Babatunde Ahonsi called for calm and dialogue over the spate of violent incidents that occurred in Freetown earlier in the day.

In a tweet issued on his Twitter account and later retweeted by the official UN in Sierra Leone Twitter account, Mr Ahonsi said, "The United Nations in Sierra Leone expresses serious concerns over the violent incidents that occurred today in Freetown, including reports of causalities."

The highest-ranking UN official in the country also indicated the United Nations' willingness to facilitate such dialogue.