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The management of Loreto Health Services, a leading Health Services clinic in Makeni city since 1997 has revealed during a day's awareness raising workshop on Epilepsy and mental illnesses organized for Police, Prisons Officers, Nurses, Epileptic patients, CSOs and stakeholders in Bombali District that: "they may stop seeing Epilepsy patients if Government don't come to their rescue." The clinic which is the sole health center raising awareness about epilepsy and mental illnesses, at the  same time treating thousands of epileptic patients in the North, East and Southern region has called on the Government of Sierra Leone and  other well wishers to urgently intervene and support them financially to further upkeep its health services delivery on epilepsy. Nurse Adama Micheal an experienced nurse and epilepsy champion who also doubles as the deputy overseer of the clinic explained that: “It’s 23 years plus now since our Clinic started delivering health services for thous...

Friends of Ahmadiyya-(FOA), a group of Alumni and well wishers of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Senior Secondary School Rokupr on Wednesday, 29th March, 2022 made a cash donation to the Principal of the School Musa K.D Mahmood on behalf of the school. General Secretary of the Association Madam Fatima Mahamood presented the donation together with a cross section of the (FOA) membership at the school’s multipurpose sports complex during the second and final day of the school’s 37th Annual inter-house sports meeting marking the fourth from Friends of Ahmadiyya to the school since the establishment of the group some two years ago. During the outbreak of the Coronavirus, FOA donated hundreds of face masks to pupils and staff of the Ahmadiyy Muslim Secondary School in Rokupr, donated texts books to the school’s library and earlier this month donated sporting gears to the school’s sporting committee. Receiving the donation, Principal of the school Musa K.D Mahmood expressed thanks to the association f...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson One Hassan Kamara a resident of Rogbom Sala Village, father of three children and husband to Nafat Tarawalie(now deceased) is in police nest after he was arrested on Tuesday for alleged malicious damage and assassination, the North-East Region Police has confirmed.  The suspect, Hassan Kamara was reported to have locked-up his wife together with their child Mamayo in their house at Rogbom-Sala which is located in the Bombali Shebora chiefdom, Bombali District in the Northern part of Sierra Leone over jealousy that led to the eventually death of his wife who together with the house which he has earlier set ablaze burnt down, grace for their child Mamayo who was rescued from the fire accident by neighbors after she was saved through one of the windows of the house.  Meanwhile, the corpse of the deceased wife has been housed at the Makeni Government Hospital for postmortem and Police attached at the Rogbaneh Police Station where the matter was reported says inves...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson   As the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone are set to battle their Togolese counterparts at an international friendly to be played at the Mardan Sports Complex in Aksu, Antayla in Turkey at 16:00 hours GMT, John Keister’s men will be aiming to get their second ever victory or at least their second draw against “the Sparrowhawks”.  Thursday’s meeting of the two nations will be their maiden meeting for an international friendly encounter and Sierra Leone’s trainer who has lined-up 23 players that consists of eight home based and fifteen foreign based players with 10 of the 23 players in camping eyeing their debut appearances for Leone Stars, says “we’re in Turkey for three friendly matches and our desire is to make our nation proud at the same time continue to be respected in terms of Football.”  In all meetings between the two nations since, the Togolese Senior Men’s National team has over the years proved too tough for their Sierra Leonean counterparts.  The Leone St...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson A fatal Wednesday morning road crash that occurred at the Teko Road between a private Toyota jeep vehicle with registration number AMJ 217 and a TVS commercial motor bike whose registration number is unknown has led to the death to rider of the commercial motor bike, vehicle been burnt to ashes with 9 commercial motor bike riders and 17 commercial bikes been arrested by the Police.  The fatality has left both the commercial motor bike and the private Toyota jeep beyond repairs and eye witnesses have explained that: “the driver of the vehicle did not stop the vehicle’s engine when he involved in the road crash with the motor bike.  He was shouted at to stop but he only did in a 90 minutes distance after he was been chased by motor bike riders and he managed to escape we learned leaving his vehicle and the bike blazing.” The rider of the commercial motor bike who died on the spot has been buried on Wednesday evening. Finding by AWE-Media.SL has illustrates.  And...

The Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG)  has commissioned the rehabilitated Kumrabai Ferry ‘Peace Monument’ which has a narrative relating to peacebuilding in  Sierra Leone and also engaged the community on transitional justice issues. The community engagement raised the awareness of residents in Kumrabai Ferry and its environs on transitional justice issues to prevent conflict and provide and enabling peaceful environment. The Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF) in Ghana provided the fund for the rehabilitation and community meetings facilitated by the MRCG.  The project is aimed at engaging the media and communities to increase public awareness on Transitional Justice (TJ) mechanisms and change the narrative on TJ issues in Sierra Leone. The residents said at the commissioning ceremony that on 8 December 2000, Lieutenant General Daniel Opande, Force Commander UNAMSIL, Brigadier Alihasan, Commander Sector 4 and General Issa Sesay, Interim Chairman of the Revolution Unit...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Former Diamond Stars Forward Santhawahaj Bangura was the hero of Friday's Sierra Leone Premier League match between host FC Johansen and visitors from Kenema, Kamboi Eagles Football Club as the new FC Johansen sensational forward netted three times against the Eagles to earn his maiden men's top-tier hat-trick and help his team move top places upwards from 8th to 6th place in the ongoing National Men's championship.  The FC Johanson's forward shocked the visitors after he opened his goal account in the match eight-(8) minutes on to put his side in front and in the second half of the encounter added a second and a third before the quarter hour mark which gifted his side a comfortable 3-0 win against their day's opponent Kamboi Eagles Football Club. Speaking to Pressmen in a post match interview at the Wusum Stadium in Makeni city after his team's loud win Santhawahaj Bangura expressed great delights for achieving such a feat and thanked...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Executive Members of the Union of Eastern Film Agency-(UEFA), Actors, Actresses and movie Directors from various districts in Sierra Leone on Thursday evening converged in the Northern city of Makeni, enjoined scores of movie makers in the Northern Region for a candle parade in honor the former President of the Northern Region Movie Makers Agency-(NORMMAL) late Elijah Musa Deen.  Between the hours of 20:00 to 21:00 hours, the candle parade started at the Saint Francis Secondary School gate along the Azzolini-Magburaka highway and film makers paraded the some main streets in Makeni such as the Lunsar, Mabanta, Dr. Vincent Kanu and Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma Road enroute to the late man’s Grace Land resident where they joined family members, church members from the Winners Chapel and other sympathizers for a night vigil.  Film makers interviewed said they have also staged earlier parades in other parts of the country for two other departed movie makers namely: Idrissa...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Defending Champions of the StarBurst Park Equal Opportunity Trophy, Rising Queens Football Club who won the tournament’s last edition in February are busy renouncing their dominance after winning all their group games and are now through to the grand finals which will commence on March 26, 2022 at the Makama Sports Complex.  Rising Queens Football Club started their second search for the StarBurst Park Equal Opportunity Women’s Trophy on high not after beating tournament debutants Born and Raised Football Club 3-0 on March, 7 and a week later humbled Konsho Football Club who is also newcomers into the Women’s monthly football champion 2-0 at the Makama Sports complex.  The two successive victories for Rising Queens has earned them a ticket in the grand finals but will now have to wait until Saturday, March, 19 when Konsho Football Club and Born and Raised Football Club will lock horns at 4:30pm local time at the Makama Sports Complex in Makeni city, Northeaster...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Despite losing their tournament’s opener to defending champions Rising Queens Football Club, debutants Konsho Football Club and Born and Raised Football Club hopes are still alive ahead of their 4:30pm clash on Saturday, 19th March, 2022 at the Makama Sports Complex in Makeni city, Northeastern Sierra Leone for the StarBurst Park Equal Opportunity 3rd edition’s final spot.  The crunch debutants semi-final encounter will determine the other finalist that will join Rising Queens Football Club for the grand finals of the StarBurst Park Equal Opportunity 3rd edition monthly Women’s championship.  Meanwhile, a barren or 1-1 draw on Saturday will see Born and Raised Football Club that currently sit second on the championship log joining Rising Queens Football Club for the finals while a defeat or 2-1 will see them lose the chance to the finals to current bottom place team Konsho Football Club who needs to avoid a defeat at all cost should they wish to progress to the...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson The Vice President of the Northern Region Movie Makers Agency-(NORMMAL) Tyson Conteh who doubles as BBC Eye Production Team in Sierra Leone Director has disclosed to AWE-Media.SL that “Acting and film making is a career and not a space for dropouts.  “Film making and acting are both intertwined but are separately different professions that develop professionals,” he said adding that the mindset that still lingers in the minds of most people that Acting and filmmaking is mere time wasting and a room breeding dropouts is totally the opposite.  “My blanket plea is for persons intending to venture into acting and moving making to develop their passion, be ambitious and be steadfast at the same time allow not themselves to be distracted by the ill motivating statements other people are expressing regarding the processes of acting and film making, by doing so they will excel and archive their dreams in movie industry.”

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Asmaa James the Station Manager of Radio Democracy who doubles as an Executive Member of East End Lions Football Club has been appointed as Board Chairperson of the proposed National Women’s Premier League.  Her appointment by the Sierra Leone Football Association-(SLFA) means she will now join hands with the Competition’s department of the local Football Federation, SLFA among others for the organization of the first ever National Women’s Premier League in the Sierra Leone which according to SLFA’s Head of Competition Sorie Ibrahim Sesay has been scheduled to commence in May this year with a total of twelve-(12) elite Women’s football teams from each of the five regions namely: North, North-West, South, East and Western region competing for the maiden championship title.  The New Sierra Leone Female Premier League Board Chairperson has expressed much zeal to work hand in gloves with related partners to ensure that the proposed Female League commences soon nat...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Gas Stations in Makeni city have since resolved to selling petrol to the public on rotational order leading to artificial scarcity of petrol which has caused hike in commodities, transportation as well as the petrol being hulled by black marketers who bow sells a liter of petrol between the sums of Le 25,000 to Le 30,000. It’s such misnomer that has ignited an unannounced inspection of various gas stations in the city of Makeni by the Resident Minister of the Northeast region Abu Abu Abdulai Koroma, representatives of the trade ministry, the Senior District Officer of Bombali and security personnel. Today’s morning unannounced inspection that was conducted at various gas stations according to the North-East region Resident Minister Abu Abu Abdulai Koroma “is to ascertain whether the said stations have abundant petrol in their stations but have only chosen to cause artificial scarcity. I together with other stakeholders have toured a number of the gas statio...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Forward Mohamed Kofi Sesay and Alimamy Buya Kamara, two regulars of Wusum Stars Football Club, as well as defender Musa Mansaray have all been suspended by the club’s management until further notice. The trio’s are suspended from taking part in the ongoing Sierra Leone Premier League after the technical team discovered that they: Mohamed Kofi Sesay, Alimamy Buya Kamara and Musa Mansaray took part in a community gala in Moyamba town in the Southern region without the knowledge of their Head coach and Executive Members of the club, the club’s Secretary Mohamed Papa Bangura wrote in correspondences received by the three players last Tuesday. Their suspension now means the trio will miss their weekend top of the table tie against current League leaders Bo Rangers Football Club in the ongoing Sierra Leone Premier League. Additionally, the management of the Sierra Leone Premier League returnees says they will deduct fifty percent each from the three players’ sal...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Gifted upcoming lyricist Adfega is the newest signing after Kaley Bag to join newly established Sierra Leone music label Witch-Man Records. The former leading vocalist of musical group “Manzu avec C-Bolt” who now owns and manages “Witch-Man Records” music label confirmed the signing of the promising singer Adfega and has promised the public of getting the best from the newly signed singer. Meanwhile, no further details about the deal terms but it appears as if all is well as the musician himself Adfega has expressed much excitement for joining the newly established music brand. Ace Sierra Leonean born musician Manzu who’s currently residing in the United States of America after making his musical mark in his money country decided to go solo in his musical career eventually took to advocacy for physically challenged persons and recently unveiled his brand named “Witch-Man Records” and formally reintroduced popular and talented upcoming Rapper Kaley Bag in...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Former FC Kallon duo Masalakie Bangura and Kenewa Stevens have revealed that although they are missing their former club’s playing style, they feel very happy joining the 2018-2019 Sierra Leone Premier League Champions East End Lions Football from “the Cavaliers”. “We are missing Kallon FC's style of football, the fans and former teammates of the club that groomed us up but we feel very comfortable in our new home East End Lions, a side that is very ambitious to always win,” the duo told AWE-Media.SL. The duo, Kenewa Stevens and Masalakie Bangura both holding and attacking midfielders expressed they are indeed missing a lot from their former club where they grew up passing through the various youth system of the club owned by the Former Sierra Leone, Monaco and Inter Milan Football Star, Mohamed Kallon. Kenewa Stevens who had skipped “Cavaliers for over ten seasons becoming the longest serving team captain of the club shocked the football family in Sie...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson After missing out from team action with FC Kallon for four weeks, Midfielder Mahamoud Fofanah is back to top-tier football action with “the Cavaliers.” Fofanah has been on medical observation since January after he got involved in a frightening road crash along Wilkinson road with his car. The 23-year-old finally returned to action for his team FC Kallon after he was introduced in the 60th minute of their match day-21 crunch clash against East End Lions Football Club in the ongoing Sierra Leone Premier League told AWE-Media.SL a post match interview at the Wusum Stadium in Makeni that he feels good for his return to football action with his club FC Kallon. “Although it was a very disappointing moment for my team today, as we were unlucky to win but did bow to East End Lions Football Club, I still have the courage that my team will bounce back in the ongoing championship.” Asked about what he did miss most during his absence from active football the FC Kall...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Matches in the ongoing 2021-2022 Sierra Leone Premier League will continue today across the nation but the match between Wusum Stars Football Club of Bombali and Mighty Blackpool Football Club of Freetown remain the most talked about tie of all three games underway today in Koidu, Approved School and Makeni. Both teams, Wusum Stars Football Club and Mighty Blackpool Football Club entered into today’s game with much pressure from their fans and will be looking forward to grabbing all three points from the day’s cracker.  This reality puts expectations and coaches stakes on the high as the Bombali based outfit looks thirsty to win today and further announce their return in the championship despite they are currently 5th on the league’s log with 34 points behind East End Tigers and FC Kallon with the same points but separated by goals. Mighty Blackpool on the other hand are super determined to continue their impressive form in the second round of the championship ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Onward to Sunday’s Sierra Leone Premier League match day-22 encounter between Wusum Stars Football Club and Mighty Blackpool Football Club, AWE-Media.SL awexamines the worrying and welcoming team news of the host. What’s the Worrying News: The host Wusum Stars Football Club who are currently seated on 5th place in the league table with 34 points after 21 games will for the first time be forced to make a slight change in their starting-Xi upfront as one of their star forwards Sulaiman S. Kargbo’s injury status remain unclear since he was replaced in their match day-20 clash against the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces Football Club-(RSLAF) after he picked an injury in his left leg. The forward who have made an overall total of eighteen appearances for the Bombali based Sierra Leone Premier League returnees in the Sierra Leone Premier League since he joined the team on loan from Sahid Conteh-U Football Club has netted five goals and is currently 9th on the ...

By: Amadu Wurie Timbo Newly established humanitarian Organization Bathuly Timbo Foundation (BTF) on Tuesday 8th March 2022 held a day long induction meeting with Under-12 Officials. The event which was hosted at the Mabunduka Community in Sanda Tenderen Chiefdom North-western Sierra Leone brought together Team managers and Coaches of all four Under-12 soccer teams existing under the canopy of the Foundation in Karene District. The engagement focused at equipping team administrators with well-heeled knowledge on their respective roles and responsibilities. Equally, they were able to earn knowledge on leadership, Laws of the Game and some other essential soccer skills which were done in both theoretical and practical. Mr. Alpha Bellah Bangura, BTF Board of Directors Chairman Chaired the event which kick starts the foundation's 2022 events, said he believe officials are worthy to get utmost attention in order to rightfully help make relevant the soccer officials in discharging their r...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Leone Stars midfielder Kwame Quee took to the internet to share his excitement after having a bit of playing time with his new club Najran SC of Saudi Arabia. The talented Sierra Leone winger turned midfielder says he is happy to have played a part during the Arabian side’s Najran SC 2-1 win which they picked up last Wednesday at the King Abdulllah Sports City Jaddah their day’s opponent Jeddah Football Club home stadium. The 25-year-old Sierra Leone soccer sensation who represented his home country at the 33rd Edition of the Africa Cup of Nations before he joined the Saudi Arabian side some two weeks ago from Island based outfit Vikingur Reykjavik where he won several laurels including the 2019 Icelandic Cup, posted two photos of him donning the green, red and yellow colors of his new team on all his social media handles with the caption: “First experience in the Arab world. Some minutes in the tank +3 point. Vamos Najran. To the Fans Shukrann.” His agilit...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy) Yes, we look back and look forward to the great day. The world sometimes, if not most times, portrays men as the monsters in the corridors of women's "enmancipation" and "gender equality". As a man I have worked for women all my life. Yet, the global space entertains that women are marginalized by men. No man is responsible for the current gender configuration in our society. It is the way it is as a cultural conditioning. Simply put, gender is societal ascription of roles between men and women. So let us all work to do cultural reconfiguration on gender. Year in year out, celebration of the international women's day is a stalk reality, confined in the urban corridors of our society with elite women making the loudest uncoordinated noise but extremely not countenancing the majority of women in the farms, the quarries and water sides struggling to give a little meaning and hope to their aptly described horrible lives. I think th...

STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF SWASAL, SAHR MORRIS JR. ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY ON THE THEME: "GENDER EQUALITY TODAY FOR A SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW" The international theme set out by the United Nations is "Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow". However, this theme is being popularized with a hashtag theme: "Breaking The Bias"(#BreakTheBias). In all these considerations, SWASAL joins women of the World to celebrate their political, social, cultural and economic contributions in making the world a better place for us all. Every year on March 8, the whole world gives itself time to reflect on gender equality; celebrate women's contributions and achievements in their various spheres of endeavours and safeguard their fundamental rights. Rightly so, therefore, today's reflection is popularized by the hashtag "BreakTheBias as a way of ensuring the sustainability of gender equality in all spheres of interest of women around the world. The...