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​ By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Following her triumph as one of the 25 finalists for this year’s Media Foundation for West Africa-(MFWA) Awards of Excellence which attracted a pool of congratulatory messages from Sierra Leonean Journalists at home and abroad, as well as organizations including SLAJ, Journalist Zainab Iyamide Joaque has urged Female journalists to be generous listeners and eager learners. She made the call in an interview with Awoko Newspaper after being recognized by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) at this year’s West Africa Media Excellence Awards 2022 held in Ghana on Saturday, 22nd October 2022. She further expressed great delight over her latest achievement saying: “I’m grateful for being honored with this Certificate of Merit, and for being the first finalist from Sierra Leone. "We are all aware that despite achievements and progress made, African women face major challenges and obstacles but amidst that, they persevere to create a story for themselve...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Forbes, one of the leading trackers of wealth among the world’s financial elites, has declared a latest drastic decline in the wealth status of Famous American Rapper Ye who’s otherwise known as Kanye West. The Forbes alert on Ye comes after they noted a fall out with some of his partners including Adidas and Balenciaga. A Cable News Network midweek report on the same states that: a falling out between the rapper and his corporate partners has cost him his status as a billionaire, according to Forbes. Although, Ye was spotted in the last few weeks has seen luxury fashion house, Adidas, Balenciaga and Gap are said to have  recently parted ways  with him for some antisemitic comments made and wearing a shirt with a slogan linked to the Ku Klux Klan. According to Forbes, Ye dropped from its list of billionaires after it estimated losses on the Adidas deal accounted for $1.5 billion of his net worth, but Forbes now estimates it at a mere $400 million...