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The Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG)  has commissioned the rehabilitated Kumrabai Ferry ‘Peace Monument’ which has a narrative relating to peacebuilding in  Sierra Leone and also engaged the community on transitional justice issues. The community engagement raised the awareness of residents in Kumrabai Ferry and its environs on transitional justice issues to prevent conflict and provide and enabling peaceful environment. The Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF) in Ghana provided the fund for the rehabilitation and community meetings facilitated by the MRCG.  The project is aimed at engaging the media and communities to increase public awareness on Transitional Justice (TJ) mechanisms and change the narrative on TJ issues in Sierra Leone. The residents said at the commissioning ceremony that on 8 December 2000, Lieutenant General Daniel Opande, Force Commander UNAMSIL, Brigadier Alihasan, Commander Sector 4 and General Issa Sesay, Interim Chairman of the Revolution Unit...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Former Diamond Stars Forward Santhawahaj Bangura was the hero of Friday's Sierra Leone Premier League match between host FC Johansen and visitors from Kenema, Kamboi Eagles Football Club as the new FC Johansen sensational forward netted three times against the Eagles to earn his maiden men's top-tier hat-trick and help his team move top places upwards from 8th to 6th place in the ongoing National Men's championship.  The FC Johanson's forward shocked the visitors after he opened his goal account in the match eight-(8) minutes on to put his side in front and in the second half of the encounter added a second and a third before the quarter hour mark which gifted his side a comfortable 3-0 win against their day's opponent Kamboi Eagles Football Club. Speaking to Pressmen in a post match interview at the Wusum Stadium in Makeni city after his team's loud win Santhawahaj Bangura expressed great delights for achieving such a feat and thanked...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Executive Members of the Union of Eastern Film Agency-(UEFA), Actors, Actresses and movie Directors from various districts in Sierra Leone on Thursday evening converged in the Northern city of Makeni, enjoined scores of movie makers in the Northern Region for a candle parade in honor the former President of the Northern Region Movie Makers Agency-(NORMMAL) late Elijah Musa Deen.  Between the hours of 20:00 to 21:00 hours, the candle parade started at the Saint Francis Secondary School gate along the Azzolini-Magburaka highway and film makers paraded the some main streets in Makeni such as the Lunsar, Mabanta, Dr. Vincent Kanu and Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma Road enroute to the late man’s Grace Land resident where they joined family members, church members from the Winners Chapel and other sympathizers for a night vigil.  Film makers interviewed said they have also staged earlier parades in other parts of the country for two other departed movie makers namely: Idrissa...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Defending Champions of the StarBurst Park Equal Opportunity Trophy, Rising Queens Football Club who won the tournament’s last edition in February are busy renouncing their dominance after winning all their group games and are now through to the grand finals which will commence on March 26, 2022 at the Makama Sports Complex.  Rising Queens Football Club started their second search for the StarBurst Park Equal Opportunity Women’s Trophy on high not after beating tournament debutants Born and Raised Football Club 3-0 on March, 7 and a week later humbled Konsho Football Club who is also newcomers into the Women’s monthly football champion 2-0 at the Makama Sports complex.  The two successive victories for Rising Queens has earned them a ticket in the grand finals but will now have to wait until Saturday, March, 19 when Konsho Football Club and Born and Raised Football Club will lock horns at 4:30pm local time at the Makama Sports Complex in Makeni city, Northeaster...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Despite losing their tournament’s opener to defending champions Rising Queens Football Club, debutants Konsho Football Club and Born and Raised Football Club hopes are still alive ahead of their 4:30pm clash on Saturday, 19th March, 2022 at the Makama Sports Complex in Makeni city, Northeastern Sierra Leone for the StarBurst Park Equal Opportunity 3rd edition’s final spot.  The crunch debutants semi-final encounter will determine the other finalist that will join Rising Queens Football Club for the grand finals of the StarBurst Park Equal Opportunity 3rd edition monthly Women’s championship.  Meanwhile, a barren or 1-1 draw on Saturday will see Born and Raised Football Club that currently sit second on the championship log joining Rising Queens Football Club for the finals while a defeat or 2-1 will see them lose the chance to the finals to current bottom place team Konsho Football Club who needs to avoid a defeat at all cost should they wish to progress to the...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson The Vice President of the Northern Region Movie Makers Agency-(NORMMAL) Tyson Conteh who doubles as BBC Eye Production Team in Sierra Leone Director has disclosed to AWE-Media.SL that “Acting and film making is a career and not a space for dropouts.  “Film making and acting are both intertwined but are separately different professions that develop professionals,” he said adding that the mindset that still lingers in the minds of most people that Acting and filmmaking is mere time wasting and a room breeding dropouts is totally the opposite.  “My blanket plea is for persons intending to venture into acting and moving making to develop their passion, be ambitious and be steadfast at the same time allow not themselves to be distracted by the ill motivating statements other people are expressing regarding the processes of acting and film making, by doing so they will excel and archive their dreams in movie industry.”

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Asmaa James the Station Manager of Radio Democracy who doubles as an Executive Member of East End Lions Football Club has been appointed as Board Chairperson of the proposed National Women’s Premier League.  Her appointment by the Sierra Leone Football Association-(SLFA) means she will now join hands with the Competition’s department of the local Football Federation, SLFA among others for the organization of the first ever National Women’s Premier League in the Sierra Leone which according to SLFA’s Head of Competition Sorie Ibrahim Sesay has been scheduled to commence in May this year with a total of twelve-(12) elite Women’s football teams from each of the five regions namely: North, North-West, South, East and Western region competing for the maiden championship title.  The New Sierra Leone Female Premier League Board Chairperson has expressed much zeal to work hand in gloves with related partners to ensure that the proposed Female League commences soon nat...