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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  As the effects of COVID-19 and the Ukraine-Russia Cold War continues to ravage the economies of other nations especially low income and developing countries across the globe, Sierra Leone is among the bald hit nations whose economic recovery now needs an urgent rebirth. It is evident that the twin global misnomer have not only succeed to adding flames to the high level of unemployment in the country but have also given raise to alarming rate of lawlessness as seen in contemporary occurrences in some parts of the country including Freetown, Makeni among others. In addendum to these seemingly hard to beat challenges the West African nations is experiencing and battling with, there is also wild rate of hike in the prices of basic commodities especially food stuff which some traders have allegedly “is as a result of the rapid increases in the pump prices of petroleum products in the country.” While out and about on routine facts findings and News hunting, I wa...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Mr. Tamba Tappia Fornah alias Mr. Tee, the Northern Region Amputee and War-Wounded Association Chairperson has revealed things are becoming unbearable for his membership. He told AWE-Media.SL: “his membership is suffering acutely,” and they’re getting no regular assistance from either the government or the private sector.” Mr. Fornah who was voted to the post unopposed by delegates of the Amputee and War-Wounded Association in Bombali in September last year to replace the Association’s earliest chairman Mohamed Bangura (Soccer Med), on a three years mandate in charge of handling the activities and programs of the Amputees and War-Wounded Associations at both district and regional levels he is gradually achieving some of his manifesto promises to increasing its membership, creating an office space, keeping our football team in good form as well as collaborating with fellow Amputees, Key Government and Non-Stakeholders including NCPD and related bodies. In t...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Sierra Leone’s U15 lads hope of returning home from the ongoing WAFU-A tournament hosted in Monrovia with silver medals was battered by the host Liberia following a 2-1 defeat on Saturday morning. The visitors failed to hold grip of their early lead that was engineered by forward Osman Mansaray’s fantastic goal scored three minutes on, no doubt the young Sierra Leonean was named man of the match. It was Ezekiel Varney who responded two minutes after Mansaray’s curtain raiser to keep both nations at per in the first half until Emmanuel Flomo doubled the lead for the host two minutes on to the end of the match. The result follows a Friday earliest 3-1 defeat to Senegal and now means end of the road for the Sierra Leone U15 Male team in the second edition of the WAFU-A youthful competition, after falling to win one of their two matches in the new plan of this year’s contest which started on bright notes for the Sierra Leonean Lads after they walloped Mauritan...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson    On their home turf, the Makeni Single Leg and Amputee Sports Association Football team was demonized 2-0 by the National side on Friday evening at the Wusum Stadium. Both goals were scored in the second half following a goalless first half and Gbassay Koroma, one of the two Sierra Leone Single Leg and Amputee Professional Footballers plying his in Turkey who scored the second goal for the Single Leg and Amputee Sports Association of Sierra Leone -(SLASA) Football Team said “it feels good to play against my former teammates after a while.” Koroma adds that he’s impressed by the good show put up by his former Makeni teammates despite the number of challenges they are faced with to play Single Leg and Amputee Football locally.  “What I’ve felt and saw during the match is a good signal that our nation is gifted with a number of talented players at local level and if they are given the much needed support our national team can be more competitive at...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Friday, 19th August, 2022 remains memorable for skillful winger Prince Barrie as he was handed the national team captain band of Sierra Leone’s Home based team during their warm-up encounter with the U20 side in the eastern region  city of Kenema which they won 2-0. The East End Lions Football Club man who’s the Assistant captain of the National Men’s Home based team of Sierra Leone is currently leading his teammates in the absence of the team’s skipper and central back Abubakarr Samura who is ruled out of the current Leone Stars team-B squad in training camp in Kenema because he’s due to miss the team’s next match in the CHAN qualifiers after he received two successive yellow cards in their double headers against Cape Verde last Month. In excitement, Barrrie whose maiden Leone Stars Team-B captaincy was polished with a very deserving win, loudly celebrated with his teammates at the Kenema city stadium on Friday evening and could not hold back from co...