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Sierra Leone declared an emergency over a powerful synthetic drug but women were left behind
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone 's capital of Freetown, smoke billows over decades of ...
'I visited 1 of Africa's most underrated countries begging for tourists - it's unique'
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Sierra Leone has a problem with the drug Kush. Why are these women not being helped?
And yet, among the 50 people — majority of whom are kush users — who filed into one of Sierra Leone’s two government-run rehab centers on a recent day, only three were women. Only 300 people ...
Sierra Leone debates decriminalizing abortion as women and girls endanger their lives
Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion, which health workers say would ...
Sierra Leone starts mpox vaccination as cases rise
Sierra Leone on Wednesday started injecting frontline health care workers and high-risk individuals and children from age 12 ...
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Sierra Leone declared an emergency over a powerful synthetic drug but women were left behind
Zainab Sakoteh sits in the Kingtom landfill in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Thursday, March 13, 2025, a place she frequents to meet the cartel that provide her with Kush. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly) ...
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Sierra Leone debates decriminalizing abortion as women and girls endanger their lives
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
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Sierra Leone debates decriminalizing abortion as women and girls endanger their lives
“Even though I made a mistake, this mistake is saving other people,” Jusu said. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to ...