Foreign relations of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is also a member of the International Criminal Court with a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the US-military (as covered under Article 98).

Both countries share common membership of the Atlantic co-operation pact,[128] the Commonwealth, the International Criminal Court, and the World Trade Organization.

U.S.-Sierra Leone relations today are cordial, with ethnic ties between groups in the two countries receiving increasing historical interest.

In fiscal year 2006, total U.S. bilateral aid to Sierra Leone in all categories were $29.538 million.

Large UN peacekeeping presence ended civil war, however rebel gang fighting, ethnic rivalries, illegal diamond trading, corruption, and refugees spill over into neighboring states that are beset with their own civil disorders, refugees, and violence.