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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Delegates comprising of various members of the football family at the Sierra Leone Football Association’s extra ordinary congress held on Saturday February 1, in the Eastern city of Kenema has approved and voted for various nominees into the Appeal, Disciplinary and Elective committeesof the Local football federation. Remarkably, football stakeholders in the country have demonstrated their willingness to put aside the long standing wrangling in the activities of football in the country as 27 delegates’ favored the nominated persons and they (delegates) duly elected them as opposed to 11 delegates that voted against the appointees. This is the first time members are been appointed to serve in the said committees. All elected officials are expected to server as members of the tri-committees where they have been appointed and elected to serve ranging from looking at complaints from and among members of the football family, looking at appeals and cond...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Aggressive actions from supporters at the Kenema city field on Saturday, 1st February, 2020 during a crunch tie in the Sierra Leone Premier League game between current league leaders, KamboiEagles and defending champions, East End Lions left match outcome undecided. From a right footed shot in the first half, the Lions goalie, Donald Kamara was sent the wrong way and the ball entered into the back of the Lions net and the Eagles fans went bazaar celebrating their lead from their inform striker, whose well placed volley puts the host in the front. East End Lions did all their work to get an equalizer but sadly, all their efforts didn’t pay off but saw the host putting more pressure on their counterpart and kept the score the same until the 75th minute of the game when riot break out at the Kenema city playing field. The riot breakout few seconds after stones, bottles and broken sticks were all over the cover stand area of the field been pelted by s...

By: Abdulrahman Barrie Loving Madam Isha Johansen was not much of a choice. It was something that came naturally, because of how she carried herself.  She resembles us and is moving in spaces were, as a footballing nation weren’t exactly meant to be, she seemed so powerful.  When you watch Madam Isha in action for the game she loves (soccer), it’s easy to see why she is performing at such an extraordinary level.  And she continues to add so much confidence and variety to the game. It should also excite us to know that she lives and breath football, I feel great about the future of football because of Madam Johansen is leading the way.  When I first met her, I was embraced by a warm, regal, confident woman who possesses a reassuring calm. The way she looked, walk and spoke, in that warm but authoritative tone, I saw a leader. She is strong and ambitious and spoke her mind without sacrificing honesty or empathy. That takes a lot of courage and discipline. She would have been impactful si...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy)👍 The partnership took life in July 10, 2010 between the University of Makeni (UNIMAK) and the CEU San Pablo University in Madrib, Spain. In his ever burning desire to see the sustainable urban planning of Makeni City, Rev. Fr. Joseph Alimamy Turay who is the Vice Chancellor of UNIMAK created a professional link between the Makeni City Council and CEU San Pablo.  The relationship went on well and a masterpiece urban plan was designed and commissioned on January 16, 2014.  The commissioning ceremony was electrifying and rekindled hitherto abandoned hope.  But since six years ago, the plan has been comfortably housed in a dark cabinet in Council. No explanation, no update, no action, no direction. We may need an explanation from Council. If there are legitimate barriers, we can all support our Council. The urban planning of Makeni city has been compromised several years back. This was due to the chronic inaction of the regional planning unit of the Ministry...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy) The eleven years brutal and brutish war in the West African State of Sierra Leone end in 2002 or thereabout.  A revolution that started with the lofty ideals of liberation and political emancipation degerated into calculated savagery and incredible Carnage unrivalled in the West African sub region. Following the end of the war, a UN backed Special Court was set up and anchored in Sierra Leone to try those deemed to bear the greatest responsibility. Few notorious RUF War Lords, including Augustine Gbao who was a major player in the heinous crimes perpetrated in Makeni and elsewhere, were indicted, tried and convicted. Augustine Gbao and his partners in crime against humanity were sent to Rwanda to serve various jail terms. Gbao was sentenced to 25 years. By December last year, he has served 16 years plus few months. This represents 2/3 of his jail term. A difficult to understand proposal has been put forward for his early release to return home and serve h...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy) 13/02/2020 "...the death of every man diminishes me.. so never send to ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee...".  The news was shocking, horrific, incredible and extremely shattering: Foday Dumbuya is dead. The ugly incident took place in the early hours of the day. The late man was a complete servant in the hands of God and humanity. Born into an unassuming, lowly and purpose centred family, late Foday Dumbuya grew up that way and formed his life and character along those values and virtues. He proved his consistency of character in his exclusive service to humanity through Caritas Makeni, a Catholic development charity. This was where I worked and interracted with the late man. He was result oriented and goal driven spiced with an unrivalled sense of humility. He was never angry, tired and in disagreement with any.  The last five years were of critical challenge to him. He faced serious challenges in his matrimonial life, job situati...

SIERRA LEONE ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS (SLAJ) ------------------------------------------------- Statement by President of SLAJ on WORLD  RADIO DAY 2020 Freetown: 13|2|2020 ------------------------------------------------- The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) today, Thursday, 13th February, 2020, joins the rest of the world in observing WORLD RADIO DAY 2020. This day celebrates the role of radio in educating people, providing information, and promoting freedom of expression and democratic dialogue across nations. In Sierra Leone, radio remains the most pervasive. The bulk of the population, especially in rural Sierra Leone, depend on radio for information. Limited technological infrastructure, lack of electricity, expensive data, etc. are real challenges that make radio easily accessible and the cheapest medium of communication for national development. Moreover, in this age of growing social media and mis-information, radio has proven to be quite reliable, an avenue for ...