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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson It might raise eyebrows to think that a skilled welder would take delight in supporting a local football club, but 29-year-old welder Alhaji Kamara from Bo has discovered immense joy in supporting his hometown team, Bo Rangers. In just three years, Kamara has become a prominent figure among football enthusiasts in Sierra Leone, known for his passionate support of Bo Rangers. His distinctive slogan, “Booooooohooooo…,” makes it hard for anyone to believe that he is a skilled welder. Kamara’s love for Bo Rangers has made him a well-known figure in the Sierra Leone football scene. During Bo Rangers matches, whether home or away, he can be seen roaming the stadiums, passionately shouting, “Ya Na Booooooohooooo….” His voice becomes even louder when his team is winning but can quickly turn to tears if his team faces defeat. Kamara, who voluntarily embraced supporting his hometown club, believes that “supporting the stars you know is meaningful and beneficial for s...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Yesterday, hundreds of cars, motorbikes and residents of some places in the Northern city of Makeni tasted the effect of unrestricted littering of wastes disposal, cutting down of trees and related environmental degradation practices. Along the main Mabanta-Lunsar road, Magburaka-Kamal Streets Junction, lower banana street, Lady’s mile to name but a few like residents of some houses in the areas spent hours bailing out water from their rooms, cars, motorbikes and pedestrians similarly floated and sunk on roads and streets where a Tuesday 5 hours long down pouring of rain gave birth to a flash flood. It’s the first time environmental degradation is fighting back since heavy rainfall, storm and flooding destroyed houses in Makeni municipality and its environs in the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 28, 2022 that ignited some responses from a few community based organisations, as well as cosmetic risk prevention cleaning of streets and irrigation of canals...