Prominent Sierra Leonean media personality Prezo Koroma has stirred public debate after questioning the recent decision to allocate $50,000 to musicians to produce a song aimed at fighting the country’s...
In the streets of #Freetown, the Kush epidemic is no longer a whisper. It’s a scream. Young people lie lifeless in alleys. Families mourn daily. Communities live in fear. This synthetic mix of cannabis,...
The Freetown City Council FCC has provided evidence of its claim of 220 Kush-related dead bodies collected across the city after the Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs formally demanded...
The Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs has formally demanded that the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, provide verifiable evidence to support her public claim that the city council...
All government-run drug rehabilitation centres in Sierra Leone have been shut down due to a lack of money, halting critical treatment for thousands of citizens addicted to the synthetic drug kush. The...
A container seized by police for carrying a large quantity of the illegal drug kush has reportedly gone missing after being handed over to the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) for safekeeping, raising serious...
Sierra Leone's Chief Minister, Dr David Sengeh has issued a public reminder, stressing sections of the Liquor Licensing Act (1963 Amendment) that prohibit anyone under the age of 16 from entering the bar...
The organizers of the much-anticipated Black Friday Procession, a public demonstration against the growing Kush epidemic in Sierra Leone, have announced the cancellation of the event following the police’s...
A viral video circulating on social media shows two boys, reportedly around 12 years old, violently fighting late at night over the substance locally known as kush. The footage, widely shared on platforms...
The Minister of Information and Civic Education, Chernor Bah, has said that no immunity should be granted to individuals involved in drug-related activities, as the government intensifies its fight against...
