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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Sierra Leone’s National Senior Women’s Team Captain Rashidatu Kamara who joined Amemia Women’s Championship side Noravank Sport Club last September on a two years contract has expressed immense satisfaction over her debut League season which she fineshes on high. Kamara says she is deeply excited to end the season with great experience and big achievements.  “I’m hungry for more time to rest and get back to the lab, said the former Mahmood FC and Wonder Girls FC forward. In her debut appearance with the Armenia based female outfit, the wonder girl from Sierra Leone made a total of sixteen appearances and was involved in the scoring of 12 goals, accounting for five goals netted plus seven assists. Her efforts enjoined with her Noravank SC teams saw them finished as the season’s runners up with 30 points behind champions Hayasa who won the Armenia Women’s Championship with a total of 46 points.

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Mohamed Macarthy Bangura a famous sports presenter at Kallon Radio in Freetown has on Tuesday, 31st May, 2022 been appointed as Head of Media and Marketing Officer of East End Lions Football Club. Bangura who is one of the two new Appointees of “The Killers” has outlined his immediate action plans in his new role while reacting to his appointment on Wednesday. While speaking to AWE-MEDIA.SL barely 24 hours after he was announced by the club’s management together with Alusine Vandi as Head of Media and Deputy Administrative Secretary respectively, said he’s awed by his latest appointment which he believed has been fueled by his loyalty to the club as a registered fan for over four years.  “More than ever, I’m now poised to do more to contributing to the club’s growth using my new office to increase the fan base, solidifying the existing fan base as well as increasing the club’s media visibility nationwide and the world over as my immediate action plans...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Following Police release of Journalist Sorie Saio SESAY on bail on Monday, 31st May, 2022, the Sierra Leone Association of Journalist Northern Region Branch has confirmed the revoked of an earlier indefinite News Blackout ban place on the activities of the Sierra Leone Police. The announcement was made on Tuesday by the Regional Chairman of SLAJ North Sahr James Bangah who extends strong satisfaction of the region’s Executive to Media institutions and Journalists in the North for their solidarity support in adhering to the News Blackout call on the activities of the Sierra Leone Police as part of their solidarity drive and Press Freedom march to secure the release of their colleague. “Now that Sorie Saio SESAY has been released and with reference to our memorandum of understanding with the Sierra  Leone Police, I therefore declare the “News Blackout” is immediately lifted and our good working relationship continues with the SLP,” he further stated in ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists Electoral Commission-(SLAJEC) has on Monday, May 30 announced June Saturday, June 18, 2022 as the new date for the anticipated Journalists Elections. The initially host venue, Makeni city remains unchanged but the commission also announced new dates: Friday, 10 June for the puplication of the final list of eligible voters of the SLAJ Elections, 10th to 14th June as the Memebership petition window and Thursday, 16th June, 2022 for the publication of final votes register. Although, SLAJEC did not disclosed in their release the reasons for revising the elections timetable but Awoko Newspaper have learned from SLAJ Secretariat that, “the decision to postponed the elections for two weeks from the initial June 4 date was taken by the SLAJ membership at a general meeting held on Monday at its Campbell Street Headquarters in Freetown due to financial constraints and the Executive has been requested to prepare a realistic bud...