Sierra Leone
Drug Kingpin Jos Leijdekkers finds refuge in Sierra Leone after marrying President Julius Maada Bio’s ...
|Published 8:20 PM ET, Sunday January 26, 2025| One of Europe’s most wanted fugitives, convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers, has found refuge in Sierra Leone, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the matter as well as photos and video footage seen by Reuters. Reports indicate that Jos Leijdekkers ...Sierra Leone’s embassy vehicle loaded with narcotics impounded in Guinea
Published 12:56 PM ET, Friday January 17, 2025 Conakry: On Monday, Guinean authorities impounded a vehicle belonging to Sierra Leone’s embassy and detained its occupants on suspicion of possessing “substances suspected to be cocaine,” Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister Alhaji Musa Timothy Kabba said. Meanwhile, Sierra Leone has recalled its ambassador ...Sierra Leone government unveils new carrier with plans for London operation
Story By David Kaminski-Morrow | FlightGlobal October 22, 2024 | 10:00 AM ET | Sierra Leone’s transport ministry has unveiled a new carrier for the West African state, which is set to commence services to various cities – including London – before the end of this year. All carriers overseen by ...German Africa Prize 2024 awarded to Sierra Leone politician
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr (center), the mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, is to receive the German Africa Prize Story by DW. September 25, 2024 | 10:35 PM ET | Freetown: Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, mayor of Freetown in Sierra Leone, has been described as a power woman. She has improved her city in many ways ...IMF says Sierra Leone asks for new $253mln facility
Anait Miridzhanian, Reuters News September 20, 2024 | 03:00 PM ET | The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that Sierra Leone had asked for a new 38-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement worth about $253 million. The Fund said its staff and the Sierra Leonean authorities had reached a staff-level ...