AWE Media Sierra Leone

By: Hawa Dauda  Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in West Africa with a population of approximately seven million. It has beautiful beaches, natural resources, sixteen tribes and rich cultures. Despite these unique attributes the country is facing lots of challenges, ranging from poor health facilities and malnutrition to lack of basic necessities and amenities.  Especially for those living in the slum and other deprived communities as a way to give back to his country, Leone Stars right back, Mustapha Dumbuya is set to give a little bit of joy to deprived communities this Christmas season. According to Dumbuya, he grew up not too far from the Kroo Bay area in a country rich with rivers and rain fall but challenged with numerous atrocities. "Those living in developed countries take these issues for granted but here in Sierra Leone malaria, child mortality and malnutrition have plagued us for decades. I have witnessed families struggling   for basic human necessities, he...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh – (Jallomy) Reports monitored in Freetown and other parts of Sierra Leone suggest that the planned and trumpeted demonstration in Sierra Leone today, December 01, is a complete stillbirth! Nor Sierra Leoneans have graduated from the tricks and antics of Political megalomaniacs. The Political moment is sour for many who find it difficult to accept and submit to the reality of democratic transition in Sierra Leone. The culture of Political denial and resistance to change is thinning out. Change is permanent and those who dare to stand the tide of change will be swept along. What is more disturbing and insulting is when significant Unknowns in foreign lands call for their compatriots to go out and riot while they ensconced in their comfort zones in faraway lands. We cannot fall for that deception anymore.

By: Sahr J. Bangah The presiding magistrate, Magistrate Peter Brima Gogra has committed to high court a case of raped involving a seventy five (75) years old woman; name withheld who was allegedly raped by a twenty years old bike rider Sheku Mansaray at Majofunia village in Falaba District, northern Sierra Leone. According to court evidence, it was revealed in court that the complainant suffered from deaf and dumbed since childhood and it was recalled that on the 12th August 2020, the complainant was in her house alone when the accused came and took advantage of the surrounding situation and forcefully had sexual intercourse with the seventy five years old woman. It was also revealed in court that the accused Sheku Mansaray did not only have sex with the victim but squeezed the her throat and forcefully put his cloth in her mouth not to shout for help wherein she sustained wound in her mouth. Four witnesses testified in court with collaborative evidence that that they met the victim cr...

By: Sahr J. Bangah The family support unit at Tongo Field police station in the Lower Bambara Chiefdom, Kenema District is investigating a case of sexual penetration against a fifteen year old minor who is tipped    According to police evidence, revealed that the 15 years old suspect is a relative to the one year old minor. Sergeant 8809 Barrie Hassan disclosed to this medium that on the 29 November 2020 at Ngeema Dodo Chiefdom, Kenema District the suspect who is in police custody took advantage of the one year old minor when her parent went to farm when he sexually assaulted the minor.  It was further disclosed that when the grandmother of the victim came only to her dismayed she saw the one year old minor crying with blood oozing from her two legs.  Sergeant Barrie further stated that the said suspect immediately ran away but after thoroughly search he was arrested and brought to Tongo Field police station for questioning. While at the police, Suspect has admitted that indeed he has ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Health Workers from the North, North West including the Western Rural and Urban Area districts and NCRA Staff has on Friday, December 4, 2020 received training from the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) on the authority’s newly developed mobile registration application, at the Bombali District Council hall in Makeni. Supported by the Government of Sierra Leone and UNICEF, the day’s training of trainers according to Roselyn Massaquoi, the Training and Capacity Manager at NCRA is meant to build the capacity of NCRA Staff and Health Workers on the newly developed NCRA mobile application that will be used to register all births and deaths geared towards minimizing the paper registration at health centers in the country. “The training targets 200 trainers comprising of NCRA Staff and Health Workers stationed in all sixteen districts of Sierra Leone. They will in turn train community health workers at districts level which will grossly improve the registra...