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Sierra Leone

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  • Deaths 30 d

    0

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    —

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    —

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    0

  • Population

    8.8 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level0

Nothing in the open sources stands out.

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Refugees who fled

    17 267

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Sierra Leone, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
—
2026-08
Share in food crisis
—
2026-08
Undernourishment
24.1%
2023
Refugees who fled
17,267
2025
Refugees hosted
—
2025
Internally displaced
—
2025
Sanctions designations
52
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$846
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Sierra Leone: No specific restriction

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Freetown

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2925…281.8 mm32 km/h
Wed, Sep 3026…285.8 mm36 km/h
Thu, Oct 124…2711.6 mm38 km/h
Fri, Oct 224…277.2 mm35 km/h
Sat, Oct 324…2618.4 mm39 km/h
Sun, Oct 424…2745.3 mm36 km/hthunderstorm
Mon, Oct 524…274.6 mm33 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets14

ItemPriceUSDYear
Cassava / KG9,000 SLL0.37+8%
Rice (imported) / KG17,000 SLL0.70-15%
Rice (local) / KG20,000 SLL0.83-17%
Beans (fava) / KG40,000 SLL1.66+8%
Groundnuts (shelled) / KG49,750 SLL2.06+64%
Pigeon peas / KG24,000 SLL0.99-4%
Sweet potatoes / KG14,000 SLL0.58-5%
Cassava meal (gari) / KG13,000 SLL0.54-13%
Maize / KG37,040 SLL1.53+0%
Salt / KG12,860 SLL0.53+3%
Sugar / KG23,000 SLL0.95-14%
Cowpeas / KG38,000 SLL1.57+6%
Cassava leaves / KG9,000 SLL0.37+4%
Okra (fresh) / KG31,000 SLL1.28+12%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-06); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)