Q1. In April 2024, Sierra Leone declared a national emergency on account of:
Explanation
Sierra Leone's April 2024 emergency was linked to widespread abuse of the synthetic drug commonly reported as kush or the "zombie drug". The government treated drug and substance abuse as a public health and social crisis. Food shortage was not the reason named in this current-affairs item. Floods were not the trigger for the April 2024 emergency mentioned here. Political unrest is also a plausible crisis category in many countries, but it was not the stated basis of this Sierra Leone declaration.
