A high Powered Delegation put together by ECOWAS_Cedeao, the African Union and the United Nations For West Africa, and the Sahel has arrived in Sierra Leoneas a follow up to the Agreement for National Unity signed between the Government of Sierra Leone and the All Peoples Congress (APC) party on 18 October 2023.

The Mission is co-led by H.E. Leonardo Santos Simão, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), and H.E. Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, former Vice President of the Republic of The Gambia.

The Mission will meet with senior Government officials and the leadership of the All Peoples Congress (APC) Party, other political parties, as well as all relevant actors and stakeholders in the country, including the hierarchy of the Security Agencies and the Tripartite Committee in the course of the assessment of progress made in the implementation of the Agreement for National Unity.

The Mission will also pay a courtesy call on the President of the Republic, H.E. Maada Bio. As Moral Guarantors of the Agreement, the Joint ECOWAS-AU-UNOWAS Mission urged all political actors and the citizens to remain calm and to prioritize the peace, unity, and stability of the country above every other partisan interest