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By: alusinerehme.wilson@awokonewspaper.sl Sierra Leone senior men’s A’ team Leone Stars are non-movers in the latest FIFA/Coca Cola World ranking after failing to score additional points since the team slipped one place down from 107th to 108th last November. The nation’s total score remained at 1174.12 since last November, it’s the second time in the same year, Sierra Leone has failed to score more points in the global ranking after maintain the same place 114th in April and May respectively. However, Sierra Leone is the 23rd best men’s team in Africa leading one of their AFCON Group-E opponents Equatorial Guinea on 33rd place behind their two other group opponents Algeria and Cote d’Ivoire on 4ht and 8th place respectively. The latest men’s ranking by the world football governing body means more work is needed to be done should Sierra Leone desire to overcome their Group-E best two opponents (Algeria and Cote d’Ivoire) according to the FIFA/Coca Cola ranking whom they will cor...

Statement for Presidential Coctail 2021 Thursday 16th December, 2021 Country Lodge, Hill Station, Freetown, Sierra Leone Your Excellency, please permit to ask everyone present here who has not yet been counted. Let me see your hands raised please. If the Census people are here, I encourage you to please go around and do the counting whilst we continue with the program. I believe as citizens we should all stand up and be counted. If the government wants to count us 10 times in a year let them count. I don’t think there’s any harm in that. May be the government is planning to do some gifts distribution to every household during this Christmas. So if you refused to be counted then you will lose out and you will have yourself to blame. Your Excellency, since the repeal of the Criminal Libel Law, SLAJ has become very attractive, especially for women. Earlier today we inducted new members into SLAJ from the Western Urban and Rural regions, after a membership drive of over 200 applicants, ...

NOW AND HEREAFTER (DECEMBER) A Message From Papa Ray As we approach the threshold between 2021 and 2022, help us to recall that Governor Clarkson prayed, and we MUST now PRAY     B E C A U S E It's worse NOW than THEN. Dear God and Father of all,       we thank you daily,            for your eternal GIFT,                       at John 3:16.   Enable us to appreciate     the purpose of your  GIFT               (J E S U S ),    THE KING, NOT A BEGGAR. Coming soon,      on your second visit,         to receive those            prepared to meet YOU, Empower us to reflect,       on the significance,       especially in today's world,    when men usurp                 your identity,             calling themselves,       Saviour,  Redeemer                       and  Messiah.             Have mercy!                 Have mercy on us. Motivate Sierra Leoneans,       as we scramble for THINGS,           to feel the need        to give time and service,        ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Selected students from the Mass Communications Department at the University of Makeni-(UNIMAK) have received capacity building training from the United Nations International Children Education Fund-(UNICEF) on how to ethically report on Children’s issues and activities in the Media. The training according to UNICEF’s country representative in Sierra Leone Dr. Suleiman Braimoh, is among the activities UNICEF has lined up in commemoration of its 75th anniversary which are all aimed at improving the wellbeing and safety of Children in the country that is in tandem with the commemoration’s theme: "Reimagine a happy, safe and healthy future for every child.”   In his remarks, Dr. Braimoh advised students to accord special appreciation for children and to as well put into proper practice the skills and knowledge the training would provide which he believed will allow them to report on the happenings around children in an ethical way. He further disclosed that, ...