Germany–Sierra Leone relations
bilateral relations between Germany and Sierra Leone
Germany–Sierra Leone relations are the relations between Germany and Sierra Leone. Both countries have maintained diplomatic relations since 1961. The Federal Foreign Office describes the relationship between the two countries as “friendly”. One focus of relations is development aid, with Germany being one of Sierra Leone's most important donor countries.
History
The European discovery of Sierra Leone by Pedro de Sintra was already known in the German-speaking world in the early 16th century through the anthology Paesi Novamente retrovati, which was printed in Nuremberg. In 1789, the translated travelogue Journey to Sierra Leone on the Western Coast of Africa by John Matthews was published in Leipzig. In 1804, German missionaries of the British Church Mission Society came to Sierra Leone. In 1881, Ernst Vohsen was appointed the first consul of the German Empire in the British colony of Sierra Leone, with the task of promoting the Empire's interests there. When World War I broke out in 1914, Sierra Leone, as part of the British Empire, was at war with Germany for the next four years. The British recruited soldiers and laborers in Sierra Leone to fight against the Germans in German East Africa, Togo and Cameroon.
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