|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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...