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By: alusinerehme.wilson@awokonewspaper.sl Since joining “the killers” last February, Alie Conteh has been busy showing his goal scoring prowess for the Freetown based outfit in this season’s elite men’s championship. Conteh who’s on his debut Sierra Leone Premier League stint have been featured in 10 times for the 2019 SLPL Champions and has made history as the first player to score at hits first eight games. His impressive goals scoring skills earned him a debut call up to Leone Stars, the senior men’s national team of Sierra Leone and was part of Head coach John Edward Kiester’s 23-man squad to Turkey last February for the Antalya cup. He was eventually featured in  Sierra Leone’s last two friendly matches against Liberia and Congo Brazzaville.  Conteh has so far scored a total of 10 goals in all appearances for East End Lions Football Club including a brace against 2012 champions Diamond Stars football club. He has been also involved in hist teams last 15 goals in this season ongoin...

By: alusinerehme.wilson@awokonewspaper.sl Country Representative of German Doctors in Sierra Leone, Fanta Daboh has reassured the organization’s continued support to Commit and Act Foundation Sierra Leone. Madam Daboh says “German Doctors are so far impressed with the implementation work Commit and Act Foundation Sierra Leone is doing in Bo, Bombali and Tonkolili District in-terms of combating rampant FGM practices and other Sexual and Gender Based Violence against teenage school going griots and women through the “My Body, My Rights Project”. Continued saying: “The testimonies she’ve heard from beneficiaries of the “My Body, My Rights Project” are very positive to their work as donor. “I want to categorically state that German Doctors as the Project donor we moved and therefore assure of another funding for the next 18 months for a project targeting to provide Sowies with livelihood support as well as proving Financial packages to local leaders involved in the practices of Female Geni...

By: alusinerehme.wilson@awokonewspaper.sl A total of 30 Journalists from various districts in the North-West and Northern Regions have received capacity building training on Transitional Justice from the Media Reform Coordinating Group-Sierra Leone-(MRCG-SL). The day’s training which took place at the Where Else hall in Makeni city on Monday, 25th April, 2022 was facilitated by two UNIMAK Lectures namely Shebora Samba Kamara and Matthew Kanu, enlightened the Journalists working for several radio, television and newspaper institutions in the two northern regions on a number of topics including the meaning of Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice Mechanisms as well as Media and Transitional Justice. The Journalists were further trained on how to report on Transitional Justice issues in their respective regions and the nation by extension before they went on and identified Transitional Justice Issues evident in the North-West and Northern Regions, presented their work and proffered a...