Events in the year 2023 in

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

Incumbents

* President of Sierra Leone , President: Julius Maada Bio *

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

: Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh * Chief Minister of Sierra Leone: Jacob Jusu Saffa

Events

Ongoing - COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone *24 June -

General election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

. *31 July - A coup plot is halted. *26 November - 2023 Freetown attacks: Sierra Leone declares a national curfew following an attack by

militants The English word ''militant'' is both an adjective and a noun, and it is generally used to mean vigorously active, combative and/or aggressive, especially in support of a cause, as in "militant reformers". It comes from the 15th century Latin " ...

barracks Barracks are usually a group of long buildings built to house military personnel or laborers. The English word originates from the 17th century via French and Italian from an old Spanish word "barraca" ("soldier's tent"), but today barracks are u ...

Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and p ...

. The militants later break into

Freetown Central Prison Freetown Central Prison, commonly known as Pademba Road Prison, is a prison on Pademba Road in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The prison was built to house 220 prisoners in the pre-independence era and now holds around 2,000 prisoners. Many prisoners wer ...

, setting some inmates free. *

Deaths

*17 February – Henrietta Mbawah, actress, filmmaker and social activist (born c. 1988).

References

{{Years in Sierra Leone

2023 in Africa , Sierra Leone 2020s in Sierra Leone Years of the 21st century in Sierra Leone