Likewise, Sierra Leone does not maintain a diplomatic representation in Israel, and is instead represented by its consul of honor, Israeli media personality David Ben Basat.

Israel has even donated a dialysis machine to a hospital in Freetown, which serves the county's entire population of roughly 6 million.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, President Joseph Saidu Momoh was also outspokenly supportive of Israel and had a good relationship with Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir.

Sierra Leonean president Ernest Bai Koroma visited Israel in 2017 and met with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Koroma praised the long lasting warm ties between the two nations, and invited Netanyahu to visit Sierra Leone.