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The streets of Sierra Leone’s capital were quiet a day after President Julius Maada Bio was sworn in for a second term following an election his main rival slammed as “not credible”.

Central Freetown on Wednesday was calm as people went about their business at the start of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, a public holiday.Some women sold food at a market and motorcycle and tuk-tuk taxi drivers were out on rain-soaked streets scouting for customers.

Many people said they were relieved at the peaceful atmosphere after electoral tensions and fears of violence in a country with a long history of turbulence.

“I’m happy, not even because of the result, but I’m happy with the way everything came and went because our expectations were really high that it was going to be like a catastrophe,” said Amanda, 40, a hotel employee who did not want to give her last name.

‘Calm but tense’
Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris, reporting from Freetown, said attention is now shifting to opposition supporters and how they will react.