LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Sierra Leone

413 recorded engagements by Sierra Leone's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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413Engagements
410Visits
2Phone calls
1Video conferences
26Signed agreements
71Destination countries
14Officials recorded
221Multilateral summits

LEAD records 26 signed agreements for Sierra Leone; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Sierra Leone's leaders recorded 413 engagements: 410 in-person visits, 2 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2025, with 39 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (49 engagements), followed by Nigeria and Guinea. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 92% of engagements. 26 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 221 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Julius Maada Bio (Head of State), with 167 engagements between 1996 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Sierra Leone, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 4 engagements1991: 1 engagement1992: 2 engagements1993: 4 engagements1994: 2 engagements1995: 4 engagements1996: 6 engagements1997: 5 engagements1998: 11 engagements1999: 19 engagements2000: 11 engagements2001: 4 engagements2002: 9 engagements2003: 8 engagements2004: 11 engagements2005: 8 engagements2006: 8 engagements2007: 7 engagements2008: 12 engagements2009: 8 engagements2010: 13 engagements2011: 10 engagements2012: 10 engagements2013: 13 engagements2014: 11 engagements2015: 13 engagements2016: 16 engagements2017: 16 engagements2018: 12 engagements2019: 26 engagements2020: 7 engagements2021: 15 engagements2022: 21 engagements2023: 23 engagements2024: 24 engagements2025: 39 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America49
  • Nigeria41
  • Guinea27
  • United Kingdom20
  • Ghana20
  • Ivory Coast19
  • Liberia15
  • China12
  • Senegal11
  • Libya11
  • Gambia10
  • South Africa10

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations382
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs205
  • Trade and Economic Relations52
  • Development and Aid16
  • International Conflicts and Crises14
  • Peace and Security12
  • Symbolic and Ceremonial Issues12
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation9
  • Health5
  • Education and Culture5
  • Agriculture and Food Security4
  • Environment and Climate Change3

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22976211 [Sierra Leone country profile. Accessed 22 October 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/sierra-leone.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Sierra Leone's own officials.