LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Sierra Leone

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

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133Engagements
130Visits
2Phone calls
1Video conferences
8Signed agreements
40Destination countries
14Officials recorded
93Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Sierra Leone's leaders recorded 133 engagements: 130 in-person visits, 2 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2025, with 12 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (45 engagements), followed by United Kingdom and Nigeria. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 77% of engagements. 8 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 93 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Julius Maada Bio (Head of State), with 51 engagements between 1996 and 2025.

Activity by year

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

1990: 2 engagements1991: 1 engagement1992: 1 engagement1993: 3 engagements1994: 2 engagements1995: 3 engagements1996: 6 engagements1997: 5 engagements1998: 5 engagements1999: 9 engagements2000: 6 engagements2001: 1 engagement2002: 3 engagements2003: 2 engagements2004: 3 engagements2005: 2 engagements2006: 3 engagements2007: 0 engagements2008: 3 engagements2009: 3 engagements2010: 2 engagements2011: 2 engagements2012: 1 engagement2013: 3 engagements2014: 3 engagements2015: 6 engagements2016: 3 engagements2017: 1 engagement2018: 5 engagements2019: 5 engagements2020: 0 engagements2021: 4 engagements2022: 5 engagements2023: 9 engagements2024: 9 engagements2025: 12 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America45
  • United Kingdom12
  • Nigeria10
  • China7
  • Liberia4
  • Togo3
  • Turkey3
  • Mali2
  • Guinea2
  • Ivory Coast2
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)2
  • Libya2

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations102
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs74
  • Development and Aid15
  • International Conflicts and Crises14
  • Trade and Economic Relations14
  • Symbolic and Ceremonial Issues12
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation9
  • Peace and Security8
  • Health5
  • Education and Culture4
  • 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.22255254 [Sierra Leone country profile. Accessed 2 September 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 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Sierra Leone's own officials.