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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Sierra Leone’s representatives at the CAF Clubs and Champions Cup preliminary rounds qualifiers FC Kallon and Bo Rangers will continue their hunts to the qualifiers next round in Liberia and Algeria this Saturday. In the Liberia capital Monrovia, FC Kallon who collected all three points away last Saturday in Benin from the Buffles de Borgou who they defeated 0-1 will lock horns with the same opponents and a draw of a win for the host will see them advance to the next round of the CAF TotalEnergies Clubs cup preliminary round. On the other hand, reigning Sierra Leone Premier League Champions Bo Rangers Football Club will face CRB in Algeria in the return leg of the CAF TotalEnergies Champions League following their goalless draw at home last Saturday.  And the winner of the encounter will automatically progress to the next round of the continental champions club contest preliminary round.

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  At the Carlton Playing Field this Friday, the Sierra Leone Police Polio Football Team will battle the National Amputees Football team in a warm-up encounter scheduled to kick-off at 4:30pm local time. The friendly encounter Awoko Newspaper have learned is a farewell match to be played in honor of Sierra Leonean International Amputee footballer Foday James Lumeh who’s due to return to his Turkish based football club after his six weeks long off season vacation in his home country. Both sides will be facing each other for the very first time in such a friendly match, and the momentum leading to the anticipated encounter is already high as both sides continues to gear up to look on Friday, 16th September, 2022. (C): Awoko Newspaper - https://awokonewspaper.sl

​By: Alusine Rehme Wilson At the Radio Marie Makeni Conference room, Edna Amie Ngeba, one of the 2022 InterNews Safe Sister Fellows has on Thursday, successfully schooled twenty Female Journalists and Activists in Bombali District on Digital Safety, Online Cyber Harassment and Gender Based Violence. The training according to Madam Ngeba is for rationally selected Activists and Journalists in Makeni city and other parts of Bombali District who will eventually serve as Trainers in their respective institutions and communities in a bid to further share the acquired knowledge from the training, also to raise the awareness of Female Journalists and Activists on digital safety to let them stay safe online at all times. She expressed delights for being one of the 13 Safe Sister/InterNews Fellows who received intensive online training on digital safety for four months and has been able to understand that 68% of Women are either victimized or discriminated against in cyberspace. “Rolling out th...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  John Edward Keister, the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone Head Coach has recalled East End Lions Winger Prince Barrie to his Squad for the nation’s upcoming away friendly matches against South Africa and D.R Congo later this month. Barrie’s inclusion to the squad was announced on Tuesday by the Sierra Leone Football Association as the replacement of Spanish based midfielder Alhassan Koroma who’s reported to have been ruled out due to traveling issues. This means the skillful winger     is returning to the Senior National Men’s A-team of Sierra Leone for the first time since he last represented the Nation last January at the delayed 2021-TotalEnergies AFCON that was hosted in Cameroon. However, the addition of the former Bo Rangers man who doubles as the Assistant Captain of the Leone Stars Team-B has been welcomed by his fans among other football enthusiasts.

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  A total of thirty youth in Makeni are set to benefit from a seven-weeks long digital literacy course to be offered by Apex Multimedia, a Makeni based growing multimedia agency, Ambassador Alusine Lulu Bangura, the brand’s leader has confirmed. According to him the training is a fulfillment of Apex Multimedia Corporate Social Responsibility and it’s specially designed to help youth that are willing and ready to add digital literacy to their portfolio of skills.  “In collaboration with an expert from the United States of America, we will be hosting free professional film classes on cinematography, editing and screenwriting for seven weeks by the end of September this year for 30 youth, ten each on the respective courses,” Mr. Bangura told AWE-Media.SL . Meanwhile, free of charge application are now open until September 23, and two days later the shortlisted and successful applicants will be interviewed and be orientated to select the best 30 for the cou...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Mohamed Papa Bangura, the Co-Founder of Access to Education Sierra Leone with supports from Ludovica in Holland and other philanthropic partners have donated school uniform, backpacks, shoes, books, pens and other assorted school items to 40 Orphans in Gbanti Chiefdom, Bombali District in the Northeastern province of Sierra Leone. The donation was done over the week at the Gbati-Chiefdom Community center where the 40 beneficiaries most of whom are school going orphans that lost their parents and guardians to the Ebola virus disease that struck and ravaged lives of Sierra Leoneans in 2014, as part of Access to Education Sierra Leone’s continued educational support to vulnerable children in the chiefdom and Bombali District at large. The excited Beneficiaries thanked Mohamed Papa Bangura and his organizations and partners for their continued support towards their education since 2015 and assured to be more attentive in school to excel at the end of the school yea...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  In their opening CAF Champions League preliminary first round encounter, the reigning Sierra Leone Men’s Top-tier Champions Bo Rangers Football Club and Algerian based soccer outfit CRB played to a goalless encounter at the SKD Sports Complex on Saturday. The Algerian visitors did made some shape advances on the host goal but the Southern region city of Bo based outfit heeded to the instruction of their coach Alhaji Foray and were able to withstand the persistence pressure from the visitors. In the tightly contested first legs match, “The Elephants” had much of the defensive work to do, before the quarter hour mark, the host succeeded to pull through few shots on target only in the second half proceedings but like their Algerian opponents, both teams were unable to end the goal drought in the cracker. Meanwhile, both teams will meet again for the crunch return leg match on Algerian soil next Saturday, 17th September, 2022 and the winner of that encounter w...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Chairman of the North West Region Football Association-(NWRFA) Abdul Osman Turay has confirmed imposing serious disciplinary action on the management of Great Scarcies United Football Club  for what he referred to as “in-sportsmanship behavior by some supporters of their supporters in the National Men’s 1st Division Playoffs.” The NWRFA Chairman vehemently condemned the region’s reigning Men’s Super-10 champions supporters actions on Monday at the Wusum Stadium in Makeni against match officials and officers of the Sierra Leone Police after their semifinal match against Lauwa Football Club which they lost by 1-0. “As a region we’re not in support of the gross misbehavior mounted by supports of G.S-United against match officials and security personnel, in football it’s either your team win, draw or lose, and accepting a match outcome in good faith is true definition of sportsmanship and not otherwise,” he pointed out. And continued that there is no room...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Principal of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Secondary School in Rokupr town, Kambia District, Northwestern Sierra Leone Mr. Musa Kojo Daqua Mahmood has told AWE-Media.SL that, “the impressive pupil’s attendance at the school on the first day of the new academic year is a system the school has nurtured 12 years ago.” According to him, there were a total of 817 pupils that were present on Monday, 5th September, 2022 the very first day of the new school year in Sierra Leone, and of the 817 attendees, there were 120 newly admitted pupils into JSS-I.  “This is an impressive attendance record for school pupils on the first day of the 2022/2023 academic year,” he acknowledged. Disclosing that, “to hit such a positive mark has not been easy, he thanked his staff, parents and other partners of education in Rokupr town, Magbema chiefdom and Kambia District at large for their unflinching collaboration with his administration over the years. “ He went on to say: “it’s my s...

​ By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Jose Miguel Solomon Cortes, the Head Coach of Bo Rangers Football Club of Sierra Leone has unveiled a 25-man squad for Saturday’s encounter against Algerian based soccer outfit CRB in the CAF Champions League preliminary first round. In his squad to defend the pride of the reigning Sierra Leone Top-tier champions, the Chilean born coach has lined up four goalies, seven defenders, eleven midfielders and three forwards. Key highlights of his squad includes six newly signed players including prodigal goal machine Suffian Kalokoh from Sweden 1st Division side IFK Varnamo who replaces Musa Noah “Tombo” Kamara whose contract was terminated by the Southern region based club last Month. Meanwhile, regular suspect and skipper Yemi Duniya who’s on trial abroad approved by Bo Rangers is missing from the squad but the Elephant’s Coach says: “winning our home match before going away to our Algerian opponents remains our top agenda. Just like I guided the team to lift...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Barely a week after Reigning Sierra Leone Premier League Champions Bo Rangers Football Club confirmed the termination of their contract with talismanic Sierra Leonean forward Musa Noah “Tombo” Kamara over allegations of “whacky attitude and reputational damage, the gifted footballer have on Monday inked a new deal with Libyan soccer outfit Al-Ittihad S.C. Although, the terms of the deal are unclear but the Libyan top-tier reigning champions who have won the national top-tier 19 times and additionally won the National Super Cup 10 times confirmed Kamara’s transfer heaping praises on their all time highest goal scorer of the Sierra Leone Premier League, saying: “In his country, he is famous for his goals in the elephant’s window, distinguished by his rocket launchers and heads. We welcome with us the Sierra Leonean train Musa Kamara.” The talismanic and fans most cherished Kamara who’s also famous for his most talked about embattlements over the years has in...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Lungi based soccer outfit Lamboi Football Club who finished as Runners-up of North West Region Football Association Men’s Super-10 maiden edition behind Kambia based Great Scarcies Football Club topped their group in the National Men’s 1st Division playoff with 10 points, three points higher than Group-B finishers Lauwa FC of Freetown. Out of 4 group matches played in the eastern city of Kenema, the highflying Lamboi FC started off their campaign with a 1-1 draw against Gulf FC(1-1) before stamping three successive victories against Lauwa-(0-1) Edmond Michael Foundation-(2-3) and Bombali Sebora-(0-1) to progress to the playoff semifinals which is set to begin this Tuesday in Makeni. In the other group, Champions of the NWRFA Super-10 Championship Great Scarcies Football Club finished top of group-A with 7 points after one draw, a defeat and two wins against Freetown FC-(3-0) and Sahid Conteh-U FC-(0-1). They’re joined in the semifinals by three-time Sierra...

A commentary By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy) (Photo credit: Multimedia Journalist & Researcher A.R. Wilson) NP area in Makeni city has effectively become a clumsy traffic congested area with huge vulnerability to accidents. Visiting NP or passing through in a given day presents organized chaos and traffic disorder very much symptomatic of reckless and lawless conduct by drivers, Okada riders and Omorlankay pushers much to the discomfort, displeasure and calculated accident risks to other road users. What is more disheartening is the chronic lethargy of the Sierra Leone Police to control the reckless menace. I have brought this to the notice of the police via audio sometime in the remote past but no action was taken or attempted taken. As the Catholic mission is erecting a perimeter fence, some ill will and lawless drivers are backfilling the constrained and raped right of way to create a makeshift parking space. This is done in broad day light and at the glare of the police.  NP...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  After a weeklong of competitive football contests in Kenema and Makeni between 10 teams that respectively finished as the top two teams in the five administrative football regions, the race to secure a ticket as one of the best three teams from the ongoing Men’s 1st division playoffs to next season’s Sierra Leone Premier League has heightened. In the two groups A and B consisting of 5 teams each respectively based in the Northern and Eastern cities of Makeni and Kenema, the qualification hopes of two teams namely Freetown City Football Club with 5points and Edmond Michael Football Club have been shattered after losing their final group matches on Friday to Great Scarcies and Gulf 2-1 and 3-0 respectively at the Wusum and Kenema city Stadiums. As it stands, today’s matches to be played at the Wusum, Magburaka, Kenema city and Kay School playing groups between Group-A’s Real Republicans versus Sierra Rutile FC, and  Sahid Conteh-U FC versus Great Scarci...

​ By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Ivorian born defender Dosso Sidik who currently skips Freetown Football Club from Kenema made history on Tuesday evening as he scored twice against Conteh-U FC of Makeni to defeat the host 3-2 in the ongoing National Men’s 1st Division Playoffs. Sidik completed his brace in the 55 minute to become the first player in the tournament to score twice in a single game in the ongoing qualifiers that will determine the next three 1st division teams to be promoted to next season’s national Men’s top-tier. The central and defensive midfielder whose team now leads with 4 points and 4 goals earned from two of their four group-B matches is  also the leading goal score of the playoffs. He told AWE-Media.SL in a post match interview he’s delighted to become the first player to score a brace in this year’s playoffs, adding “apart from the excitement my brace brings, winning our first game in the playoffs excite us as well because it resonates with our team goal of...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Sahid Conteh-U Football Club’s Skipper and Forward Mohamed Koroma was the hero at the Wusum Stadium in Makeni on Thursday evening as his lone goal helped his team to beat Real Republican 1-0 in the 1st Division Playoffs. It’s the Makeni based club first victory after losing 2-3 to Freetown FC and sharing the spoils in a goalless encounter with Rutile Rangers on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. The victory means, Sahid Conteh-U are now 2nd with 4 points, one point behind Freetown FC after three matches in Group-A but 3rd place Real Republicans FC Head Coach Mohamed ‘Cash’ Jabbie says “all is not lost for his team despite the latest defeat. “We’re 3rd with 4points and still have an important game ahead on Saturday against Rutile Rangers. It’s a must win for us and we’re determined as a team to collect all 3 points from that match to progress to the semifinals and duly pick up our ticket to next season’s National Premier League,” he added. In the other gro...

​ By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  On Wednesday,  Makeni based growing brand Apex Multimedia and Under-30 CEOs Africa jointly facilitated a day’s symposium for over sixty young people in the North to commemorate this year’s International Youth Day. The conference was hosted at the Makeni City Council Hall on station road in Makeni, Northern Sierra Leone on the theme: “Integrating Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages.” During the seminar, Former National Youth Ambassador Alusine Lulu Bangura and Shebora Samba Kamara, a Journalist and Lecturer moderated two panel discussions respectively on the topics: “Skills development and access to livelihood for youth, and Challenges for investing in Youth in Sierra Leone featuring Lucy Turay from Domestic Workers Advocacy Network, Musa Jawara from Global Youth Network, Nikken Palmer from Families Without Borders, Yayah Kargbo from Ministry of Social Welfare, Mohamed Mansaray from Get Properties Solution Limited, Emilia Kamara Jengo from WoFH...

By: Tejan Frederickson Fatorma Northeast Region Football Association (NERFA) Media and Marketing In the first match between Great Scarcies and Real Republicans was a must win for either sides to had increased their chances to progress into the semis.  For most period of the game, Real Republicans FC  looked out of sorts as they failed to stamp authority in a match that a first half goal ought to have given them the confidence to play better than they did. The goal by forward, Ibrahim Sorie was the only silver lining that the Republicans could hold on to in a match that was highly contested by their Great Scarcies  counterparts.  The Republicans forward was gifted the goal that separated the two sides from a volcanic error made by the goalie, Ibrahim Sesay who failed to place his glove from a  close range shot in the 17th minutes.  Second half action got heated as tentions were mounted on allegations based on fair play.  The Republicans were gifted a 62...