All news on the topic: Sierra Leone

On Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, journalist Nalova Akua walked through the gate of an unmarked building in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon.

Authorities in Ghana have arrested three men suspected of operating on behalf of Joseph “Chubby Jos” Leijdekkers, one of Europe’s most wanted cocaine kingpins, following a massive drug seizure at a French port.

Russia tricks and coerces foreign nationals into fighting on Moscow’s side in the war against Ukraine, exploiting their dire economic situations and precarious migration status.

A Guinea-Bissau fisheries assessment obtained by OCCRP shows that the sardinella — an important food source — has been decimated in the years since two Chinese fishmeal-production vessels set up shop offshore.

The council of London’s Southwark borough has repossessed a subsidized flat from Fatima Bio, Sierra Leone’s first lady, following a 12-month investigation launched after OCCRP and The Times last year revealed she had kept her tenancy at the property even after moving to the presidential palace in her home country.

Since Julius Maada Bio assumed the presidency of Sierra Leone in April 2018, his wife, Fatima Bio, and her close relatives have acquired luxury properties in Gambia.

The Netherlands has formally requested the extradition of convicted drug criminal Jos Leijdekkers, a notorious figure in international drug trafficking.

Sources have located Johannes Leijdekkers in the West African country since at least December 2022.

Jos Leijdekkers, reportedly the son-in-law of African country’s president, was sentenced to 24 years in prison

Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau have authorized a Swiss-based civil society organization to facilitate chemical testing of a drug that is wreaking havoc in West Africa and has prompted the president of Sierra Leone to declare a national emergency.

Beny Steinmetz’s company obtained iron ore deposits worth billions thanks to bribes paid to the wife of a West African president.

Beny Steinmetz likes to do things his own way.

Three-year-old Emu, from Sierra Leone in West Africa, was born with a lump on her neck which grew over time - and her mum Yei was scared the tumour would kill the little girl