Sierra Leone
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- October 1, 1991, subsequently amended
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- English legal system based on common law and local traditions
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral Parliament
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, High Court
RELIGIONS
60% Muslims, 30% Animists, 10% Christians
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2018Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution allows the use of the death penalty for aggravated robbery
Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution allows the use of the death penalty for aggravated robbery
- NOVEMBER 29, 2017Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Two sentenced to death for killing OSD Officer
29th November, 2017: the High Court of Sierra Leone presided over by Justice Monfred Momoh Sesay, sentenced two men to death by hanging, after convicting them on conspiracy and murder.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2017Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Govt. rejects CRC recommendation to abolish death penalty
27 November 2017: in the newly released White Paper on the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) Report, the government indicated that it will retain the death penalty in Section 16 (1) of the 1991 Constitution.
NOVEMBER 14, 2017Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH BY FIRING
The High Court of Sierra Leone in Moyamba convicted 2 Armed Robbers for the offences of Conspiracy, Robbery with Aggravation and Wounding with intent.
OCTOBER 6, 2017Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CONSPIRACY AND ROBBERY
With the help of jurors, Justice Monfred Momoh Sesay at the Bo High Court convicted and sentenced to death six armed robbers for Conspiracy and Robbery with Aggravation.
- OCTOBER 3, 2017Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone High Court sentences nursing mother to death by hanging
3 October 2017: the convict , Yatta Bakarr was charged with one count of Murder, after she was committed by a Magistrate court in Pujehun and was arrainged before the High Court Holden at Bo during its Special Criminal Session.
- JANUARY 1, 2017Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution allows the use of the death penalty for aggravated robbery
Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution allows the use of the death penalty for aggravated robbery
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2016Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE TO REINTRODUCE DEATH PENALTY AS VIOLENT CRIMES SPIKE
Sierra Leone's Minister of Internal Affairs has said the government would start implementing the death penalty to crack down on recent increase in gang-related killings in the country.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE: DEATH SENTENCE FOR LAC & G-FAG
Baimba Moi Foray (alias LA Chocolate) and Foday Amara Kamara (alias G-Fag) were sentenced to death
- JANUARY 1, 2016Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution allows the use of the death penalty for aggravated robbery
Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution allows the use of the death penalty for aggravated robbery
- JANUARY 1, 2015Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution allows the use of the death penalty for aggravated robbery
Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution allows the use of the death penalty for aggravated robbery
- MAY 21, 2014Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
the Presiding Judge of the Port Loko High Court Justice John Bosco Allieu handed down the death
the Presiding Judge of the Port Loko High Court Justice John Bosco Allieu handed down the death