The leone is the currency of Sierra Leone. It is subdivided into 100 cents. As of 1 July 2022, the ISO 4217 code is SLE due to a redenomination of the...

returned to Sierra Leone from Great Britain, North America and slave ships captured on the high seas. In the past, some Sierra Leoneans were noted for...

The Sierra Leonean Civil War (1991–2002) was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support...

Sierra Leonean Americans are an ethnic group of Americans of full or partial Sierra Leonean ancestry. This includes Sierra Leone Creoles whose ancestors...

The Sierra Leone national football team represents Sierra Leone in association football and is governed by the Sierra Leone Football Association. It has...

The economy of Sierra Leone is $7.41 billion by gross domestic product as of 2024. Since the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War in 2002, the economy is...

1964) is a Sierra Leonean politician who has served as president of Sierra Leone since 4 April 2018. He is a retired brigadier in the Sierra Leone Army and...

Sierra Leone first became inhabited by indigenous African peoples at least 2,500 years ago. The Limba were the first tribe known to inhabit Sierra Leone...

27 April 1961, Milton Margai led Sierra Leone to independence from the United Kingdom. Thousands of Sierra Leoneans across the nation took to the streets...

The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces are the armed forces of Sierra Leone, responsible for the territorial security of Sierra Leone's borders and defending...

Sierra Leone, (/siˌɛrə liˈoʊn(i)/ , also UK: /siˌɛərə -/, US: /ˌsɪərə -/; Krio: Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest...

Even during the Sierra Leonean Civil War people were never targeted because of their religion. The country is home to the Sierra Leone Inter-Religious...

the Sierra Leonean Fula population are found in all regions of Sierra Leone as traders. The Fulas have been migrating and settling within Sierra Leone since...

Sierra Leonean English is the dialect of English spoken by Sierra Leoneans which has been heavily influenced by the Sierra Leone Creole people. Sierra...

General Thomas Quiwonkpa fled to Sierra Leone after being charged with attempting a Coup d'état. Under Taylor, the Sierra Leonean Armed Forces clashed with the...

in 1967. The league is sponsored by the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, one of the major Sierra Leonean banks. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpool are the...

Sierra Leone is home to around sixteen ethnic groups, each with its own language. In Sierra Leone, membership of an ethnic group often overlaps with a...

Sierra Leonean Prime Minister. The Sierra Leonean monarch and the Sierra Leonean House of Representatives constituted the Parliament of Sierra Leone. All...

in Sierra Leone. Based on the 2015 Pew Research Center research, 78% of Sierra Leone's population is Muslim. The vast majority of Sierra Leonean Muslims...

The Sierra Leone Creole people (Krio: Krio pipul) are an ethnic group of Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Creole people are descendants of freed African-American...

food. The Mandingo constitute 5% of Sierra Leone's population. Like the larger Mandinka people, the Sierra Leonean Mandingo are over 99% Muslim and they...

Sierra Leonean passports are issued to Sierra Leonean citizens for travel outside Sierra Leone. Sierra Leonean citizens can travel to member states of...

national flag of Sierra Leone is a tricolour consisting of three horizontal green, white and blue bands. It was adopted in 1961, Sierra Leone's independence...

Sierra Leonean cuisine consists of the cooking traditions and practices from Sierra Leone. It follows the traditions of other West African cuisines. The...

Sierra Leone's music is a mixture of native, French, British, West Indian and Creole musical genres. Palm wine music is representative, played by an acoustic...

the women in Sierra Leone have been a major influence in the political and economic development of the nation. Sierra Leonean women face extreme gender...

organises and runs the national leagues, including the Sierra Leone National Premier League, Sierra Leonean FA Cup, and the national football teams, including...

the RUF in exchange for conflict diamonds smuggled out of Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leonean government eventually signed a ceasefire with the RUF that...

The Bank of Sierra Leone is the central bank of Sierra Leone. It issues the country's currency, known as the Leone. The bank formulates and implements...

the National Stadium in Freetown. Sierra Leone League: 4 1982, 1986, 1987 (as Sierra Fisheries) 2006 Sierra Leonean FA Cup: 1 2007 CAF Champions League:...