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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  On Tuesday, 5th July, 2022, the United States-(U.S) Embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone announced that they’ve awarded diplomacy grants to the Independent Media Initiative for Media Development-(iMDev) and to the Children’s Assurance Program, says the United States remains a strong ally of Sierra Leone’s National Development by supporting the country in various ways. The exact amount or worth of the grants awarded to the two organizations are not disclosed but the grants is believed to be a booster to the receiving organizations in a bid to enhance for the development of journalist to positively reflect on the media in Sierra Leone as well as improves access to formal education and offer vocational training opportunities to teenage mothers in the country. Specifically, the U.S Embassy stated that: “An NGO, the Independent Media Initiative for Media Development-(iMDev) has secured the funding to build fact checking capabilities of journalists in Sierra Leone ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Desmond J. Paine, the Founder and Director of Sports for Empowerment Foundation Sierra Leone has on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 disclosed  that the foundation will on Sunday, 10th July, 2022 in Kono begin a Youth Development League in the Eastern Region District of Sierra Leone. “Kono is our designated starting point because the League which will commence sooenest is the first pilot phase of our National Youth Development League Project that is tied to also improve access to formal education for children in Sierra Leone while developing their sporting talents particularly on football at their tender ages. “Our foundations has been able to provide scholarships 200 pupils in Kono and many other Children engaged in the act of playing crossover in other places in Sierra Leone and the upcoming tournament will be a valuable addition to the work we’ve been doing in Kono since May this year,” he stated. The said Youth Development League will bring together a tota...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  During its latest graduation ceremony held at its multipurpose auditorium for pupils graduating from pre-primary-III to class-I, parents and guardians enjoined Teachers of the Saint Conforti Catholic Nursery School, New London in Makeni, Northern-Sierra Leone and amazingly decorate three key Board Members of the school believed to have been offering their best of services relentlessly for the school’s progress. They are: Mr. Rokson Koyeima Fornah, the School Management Committee-(SMC) Chairperson, Mr. Foday Toofan Kargbo, the Community Teachers Association-(CTA) Chairperson and Mr. Mark S. Koroma, the Board Secretary who were dressed with honorary country cloths and lace attires as a show of appreciation for their committed and industrious services to the school’s board since taking up their various positions. Mrs. Teresa Kabba, the Head Mistress told AWE-Media.SL that, they-(Teachers) together with the Parents and guardians of their Nursery School pupils ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  On Monday, 5th July, 2022 Magistrate George Borbor Samai of the Magistrate Court in Kambia District in the Northwestern District of Sierra Leone issued a bench warrant of arrest for Mr. Abdul I. Bangura, the Local Court No. 3 Chairman in Bamoi Luma, Lower Magbema Chiefdom. Magistrate Samai pronounced the bench warrant of arrest for the Bamoi Luma based Local Court No. 3 Chairman Mr. Abdul I. Bangura-(a defendant) on his second appearance date, he is accused of failing to show up at the court in Kambia on two occasions successively for hearing on allegations of Larceny since he was summoned by Mr. Amara Atimu Kamara, the complainant. A day after the warrant of arrest was announced by the Kambia District Human Rights Defenders Network, stated that: “the complaint Mr. Amara Atimu Kamara has disclosed that the defendant has bragged that nothing will come out of the matter because of his strong influence with top government officials, adding that they as a Netw...