ONS News 2026-03-26

Update on issues that the District Security Coordinators (DSCoords) of the Office of National Security (ONS) have settled together with other Key Stakeholders in each District in 2025.

1st October 2025. On 1st April, 2025, the DSCoord of the district received a report from the Paramount Chief of Fakunya Chiefdom and other sources that, there has been serious tension between the Paramount Chief (PC) and his subjects which will likely create unrest in the chiefdom. There was potential tension for violence because it was alleged that the paramount chief embezzled money intended for the entire ‘Wonde Society” initiation process. Since he thought he was no longer safe, the paramount chief fled the chiefdom. There have been no Chiefdom Administrative activities since the Paramount Chief left

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ONS News 2026-03-26

MAIDEN PLANNING MEETING FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE ISLAMIC MILITARY COUNTER TERRORISM COALITION (IMCTC) – FREETOWN

1ST OCTOBER 2025. On behalf of the National Security Coordinator, Office of National Security (ONS), the Chief of Staff (CoS) at ONS, Mr. Francis Langumba Keili, on Wednesday, 1st October 2025 chaired the maiden planning meeting for the proposed launching of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) Strategic Initiative to Sierra Leone. This initiative, supported by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, marks a significant step in Sierra Leone’s efforts to strengthen its national security architecture and counter emerging terrorism threats in Sierra Leone and by extension, the West African sub-region.

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ONS News 2026-03-26

The NSCoord Meets & Unveils the Newly Elected Executive of Private Security Companies.

Thursday, 18th September 2025 As part of the Office of National Security (ONS)’s mandate on the “control and licensing of the operations of Private Security Companies” in Sierra Leone, the National Security Coordinator (NSCoord), Abdulai Caulker, on Thursday, 18th September 2025 met with the newly elected Executive of the Association of Private Security Companies in Sierra Leone (APSC-SL), at the Conference Room of ONS in Freetown. The Executive included Chief Executive Officers, Operations Managers, Human Resource Directors and other administrative heads of the Private Security Companies (PSCs). The meeting is in line with Section 31 of the National Security and Central Intelligence Act of 2023.

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ONS News 2026-03-26

ONS Coordinates the Security Profiling of 56 Sierra Leoneans Repatriated from Guinea

12th September 2025. The Serious Organised Crime and Counter-Terrorism Coordination (SOC &CTC) Directorate of the Office of National Security (ONS), through the District Security Coordinator (DSCoord), ONS, on Tuesday 9th September, coordinated the security profiling of 56 Sierra Leoneans repatriated from Dubreka, Kindia, in the Republic of Guinea. The DSCoord together with the Central Intelligence and Security Agency (CISA) and the Transnational Organised Crime Unit (TOCU) representations, received the deportees at the Gbalamuya Border Customs Post, in Kambia District, North-West Region of Sierra Leone.

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ONS News 2026-03-26

Security sector engages APPA- SL on national stability and border security

11th September 2025 The leadership of the Security Sector on Thursday, 11th September 2025 hosted the All Political Parties Association of Sierra Leone (APPA-SL) at the ONS in a high-level dialogue session at its conference room in Freetown. The engagement, chaired by the National Security Coordinator, Mr. Abdulai Caulker, brought together senior security officials and leaders of political parties to deliberate on pressing security concerns and explore collaborative solutions. The NS Coord welcomed the membership of APP-SL and ushered in the leadership of APPA-SL to state the purpose for which they had requested to meet with the Security Sector.

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ONS News 2026-03-26

ONS Hosts ECOWAS Fact-Finding Delegation on the Yenga Border Dispute

Freetown - 3rd September 2025 In a significant step towards regional conflict resolution, the leadership of the Office of National Security (ONS) had a high-level meeting with a Fact-Finding Delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday, 26th August, 2025 at its Conference Room on Tower Hill, in Freetown. The high-level Fact-Finding Delegation which comprises ECOWAS Officials, Technical Experts, and Representatives of the Mano River Union (MRU), was tasked with assessing the long-standing Yenga border dispute between the Republic of Sierra Leone and the Republic of Guinea, aiming at addressing the protracted impasse between the two neighboring countries. The meeting highlights Sierra Leone's proactive diplomatic stance and its leadership role in fostering stability within the ECOWAS framework, particularly under the current chairmanship of President Julius Maada Bio.

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ONS News 2026-03-26

The Minister of Internal Affairs and ONS accompanied a 12 Man ECOWAS Delegation to Yenga.

Freetown - 25th August 2025. A 12 Man ECOWAS Delegation accompanied by the ONS, MIA. Local Government, the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, the Sierra Leone Police, among others accompanied as they visit communities around the disputed town of Yenga in Kissi Teng Chiefdom, Kailahun District. The objective of the visit was to conduct an on-site assessment of the prevailing situation in the disputed territory.

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ONS News 2026-03-26

To strengthen Border Governance in West Africa, PECOGEF leadership renewed

As part of efforts to improve border governance in Africa, the heads of West Africa's National Border Commissions held their second meeting on 19 and 20 August 2025 in Cotonou, Benin. This was followed by a meeting of the Platform for Exchange and Coordination on Border Management in West Africa (PECOGEF) on 21 and 22 August 2025.

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ONS News 2026-03-26

Illicit drugs worth millions of Leones Destroyed at TOCU Headquarters at Hastings – 31st July, 2025.

Illegal drugs including Tramadol, Cocaine, Kush, Cannabis Sativa and assorted Pharmaceutical Drugs worth millions of Leones were on Thursday 31st July 2025, destroyed at the Transnational Organised Crime Unit (TOCU) Headquarters, Hastings, Western Rural District, Freetown.

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ONS News 2026-03-26

ONS Presents the Security Sector’s Position on the Preferred Electoral System for Sierra Leone

The National Security Coordinator (NS Coord) of the Office of National Security (ONS), Abdulai Caulker has reactivated the Integrated Elections Security Planning Committee (IESPC) to plan and coordinate security for all formal elections (General Elections, Paramount Chief elections, Political Parties’ lower-level elections, etc.) across the country.

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The National Security Coordinator Reactivates the Integrated Elections Security Planning Committee

Freetown – 10th July 2025 The National Security Coordinator (NS Coord) of the Office of National Security (ONS), Abdulai Caulker has reactivated the Integrated Elections Security Planning Committee (IESPC) to plan and coordinate security for all formal elections (General Elections, Paramount Chief elections, Political Parties’ lower-level elections, etc.) across the country.

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ONS News 2026-03-26

THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF ONS LEADS A DELEGATION TO A REGIONAL MRU MEMBER COUNTRIES MEETING ON LAND AND MARITIME BORDERS – 25TH JUNE 2025.

Freetown – 26th June 2025 A four-day sub-regional conference of Mano River Union (MRU) countries, including the Republics of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Cote d’Ivoire was held at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ministerial Complex, Congo Town, Monrovia, Liberia. The conference with the theme, “Borders as Bridges and not Barriers,” was aimed at holding fruitful deliberations for the strengthening of cross-border cooperation among the MRU countries.

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