Relationship dossier
Egypt
Sierra Leone
Relationship assessment
Bilateral engagement and capacity-building support underpin cooperative Egypt–Sierra Leone ties.
Egypt toward Sierra Leone
+20Egypt has provided training and capacity-building opportunities for Sierra Leoneans and pursued cooperation through bilateral agreements and high-level engagement.
Sierra Leone toward Egypt
+20Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio visited Egypt in March 2023 and pursued bilateral cooperation through agreements and talks with the Egyptian government.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes high-level government engagement, bilateral cooperation agreements and Egyptian training and capacity-building support for Sierra Leoneans. These are substantive but the breadth and implementation of cooperation remain unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Egypt and Sierra Leone have pursued bilateral cooperation through high-level engagement and agreements. Egypt has also provided training and capacity-building opportunities for Sierra Leoneans. The relationship appears cooperative, although the scope and implementation of bilateral initiatives are unclear.
Key developments
President Julius Maada Bio visited Egypt for talks with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, with the two governments pursuing bilateral cooperation and signing agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of agreements announced during high-level visits are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of Egyptian training and capacity-building support for Sierra Leone are unclear.