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By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

Over 85% of college students are using illegal drug substances like Kush, Tramadol, and Ecstasy among others, said the Students’ Union President of Fourah Bay College (FBC), Alfred M. Sesay, expressing his taught in a press conference organized by the National Union of Sierra Leone Students (NUSS) on 4^th of April this year, in which they discussed solutions on how to combat Kush and other harmful substances.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

Sierra Leone's Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Julius Mattai has accused Sierra Rutile Company of suspending its operations illegally and had refused to present the required document to the ministry for review.

He called on all relevant authorities in the mining sector to come on board to ensure that the “right” thing is done, as he briefed the media on his ministry’s challenges at the Foreign Affairs Ministry conference room, Freetown on 26^th March 2024.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The future of Sierra Rutile Mining Company hangs in the balance as the company continues negotiations with the government of Sierra Leone to resolve tax issues, missing its own proposed date of resumption originally set at April 11, 2024.

An email sent by the company’s Human Resource Officer Barry Honnah to staff and widely shared on social media announces “an extension of our temporary suspension until further notice”. Many industry watchers have described this as a euphemistic way of saying the suspension is indefinite.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

As the fight against Kush intensifies, the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Internal Affairs has recorded a total number of 296 convicted cases of the substance from January to February this year.

By Saio Marrah

Sierra Leone’s former permanent representative to the UN, Adekali Foday Suma has told the High Court in Freetown that he signed the contract for the renovation of the chancery building without complying with preconditions, but that he did so under instruction from the foreign ministry in Freetown.

By Politico Staff Writer

Youth and Child Advocacy Network (YACAN) has called for stronger action by the Government to tackle drug Abuse especially “Kush” in Sierra Leone and to implement the Tobacco and Nicotine Control Act, 2022 to save 100,000 (one hundred thousand) Youths in all urban councils in the country.

By Saio Marrah

Morlai Conteh, a Correctional Service officer, has testified at the ongoing treason trial in connection to the November 26, 2023 failed coup, which he was inside the Pademba Road Correctional Centre when unknown persons broke in the prison and freed inmates.

The 22nd prosecution witness, a Chief Officer, who described himself as the technical officer in charge of training inmates in carpentry and providing security service testified before Justice Komba Kamanda on Wednesday 3rd April 2024.