President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are set to go head-to-head in a historic presidential debate on Thursday. This event marks the first time in U.S. history that a sitting president will debate a former president. CNN will host the debate, which is also groundbreaking as it deviates from the tradition of the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates organizing such events.
The debate will take place at CNN’s Atlanta studio at 9 pm ET on Thursday, June 27, translating to 3 am Sierra Leone time. The 90-minute debate will be broadcast live on CNN International, CNN en Espanol, and CNN Max and streamed online on CNN.com. Moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, CNN anchors, will guide the discussion.
The United States and Sierra Leone maintain a strong and amicable bond, stemming from their intertwined past of slavery. According to the American Community Survey data, there are 34,161 residents from Sierra Leone in the U.S.A. As the world tunes in to the debate, key topics of interest include immigration and various candidate policies.
Following the Sierra Leone Civil War in the 1990s and early 2000s, a significant wave of Sierra Leoneans immigrated to the U.S., contributing to the community’s presence in the country.
