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By: Sulaiman Stom Koroma ​ The thirst for overseas travel is gaining interest from youths in Sierra Leone, Africa, and other parts of the world.  For some, it’s a real struggle, a struggle that will see them go through the huddles and difficulties of Africa crossing points to their final destination of hope, for others, it’s a new way of making money, spending less to travel to an Africa country and seek repatriation home and make more money, while for others, they are duped and literally sold to work in other counties as slaves. Ibrahim Yayah Kamara has attempted to travel abroad two consecutive times, and even with those failed attempts, he is still considering a third. “I still want to travel no matter what, this is my ambition to fulfill. My mother and other relatives are looking up to me as the current breadwinner, it is not possible to achieve what I want in Sierra Leone, overseas is where the possibility lies, and I must go there” he said.  Ibrahim Kamara was introduced...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Sierra Leone Men’s Top-flight Record-Breaker Musa Noah “Tombo” Kamara and 10 other players from the season’s top four clubs have been named in the team of the season. The Bo Rangers and Leone Stars Forward who netted 18 goals to defend his Golden Boot Award, becoming the first ever to achieve such record and now remains the overall highest goal scorer in the Sierra Leone Top-tier was unveiled on Saturday, 4th June, 2022 by the 2021-2022 Sierra Leone Premier League Board. Bo Rangers Coach Jose Solomon Cortes and four other players that involved in their historic and maiden Champion Win for the club namely: Saidu “Malian” Mansaray(Defender), Esheik Kamara(Defender), Saidu Bah and Mohamed Fogbawa both Midfielders together with Wusum Stars debut defender Ishmail Kanu, Alimamy Buya Kamara, East End Lions Skipper Kemson Fofanah, Prince Barrie as well as Mighty Blackpool’s goalman and forward Saidu Kamara and Donald Wellington all formed the season’s best XI. Thi...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson   On Saturday, June 3, the United Kingdom Commissioner to Sierra Leone Lisa Chesney visited the former President Ernest Bai Koroma at his Makeni resident. At Koroma’s Robureh premises, he dialogued with the UK High Commissioner on a range of national and international issues including emerging political issues. For the Former President, he says he’s pleased that, the British High Commissioner stopped by whilst she is in his hometown-(Makeni). He sized the opportunity and extended his “warmest congratulations to the Queen on her Platinum Jubilee on the throne, her 70 years of service to the UK and the Commonwealth. And described the dialogue as “fantastic” via a statement he posted on his official Twitter account with 51.7K audience.  Commissioner Lisa on the other hand, Retweeted the former statesman’s twit with an appreciation note saying, “Thank you Ernest Bai Koroma for a productive and wide-ranging discussion. We covered a lot of ground, including ...

By:  Alusine Rehme Wilson  Sources from the Shooting Stars, the National Men’s U-17 team of Sierra Leone Camp in Liberia have confirmed that entire squads “is in high gears to face their Morrrocan counterparts later today at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium.” Head coach Mohamed Lamin Kamara believes their ultimate goal, “is to make Sierra Leone Proud at the end of the friendly matches.” Earlier, Mansurr Koroma, the Media officer attached to the team told AWE-MEDIA.SL on Saturday afternoon that, “the team will kick off first of the many friendly matches expected to be played in Monrovia against the Moroccan U-17 and U-20 teams as well as the Liberian U-17 teams. Explained that, “the Shooting Stars of Sierra Leone will first battle their Moroccan U-17 counterparts on Sunday, June 8 at 4:pm at the Antoinette Tubman Mini Stadium with the return leg set to be played three days later at the same venue and time and then the other friendly matches will come up in succeeding dates to be eventually...

By: alusinerehme.wilson@awokonewspaper.sl One of Sierra Leone’s funniest comedian and actor of the famous Wan-Pot Television Show Ernest Horner alias “Rosaline” has said in a latest catch-up with Awoko Newspaper in Makeni that he’s still into comedy. The decorated comedian who started his comedy journey in 1982 was among the pool of Entertainers  who were honored at the 4th Faces of the North Entertainment Awards-(FaNEA) 2022 Edition where he was gifted a honorary award for his outstanding work and consistency in the creative industry as both a comedian and actor. In real life, Horner is famous nationally and internationally for his creativity and top-notch level delivery as a female character with his popular name “Rosaline.” With his female nomenclature Rosaline, in the last decades, the experienced comedian has been acting throughout as a a house wife during the reign of the “Wan-Pot” comedy show that was broadcasted live on the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Services television now ...

By : Alusine Rehme Wilson  Over Four Hundred Tribal Authorities-(TA) from 94 villages in Ngowahun Chiefdom will converge today at the Kalangba Community Center to Elect a new Chiefdom Paramount Chief, the Senior District Officer has confirmed.  The development follows a historic peaceful declaration ceremony that was held for twelve Aspirants contesting for the Chiefdom’s top seat. During the ceremony which was held three weeks ago at the Kalangba Community Center, the Provincial Secretary of the Northeast region Simenon Fatoma cleared all 12 aspirants eligible to contest for the prestigious Ngowahun Chiefdom PC seat today(4th June, 2022). The twelve candidates aspiring for the Chiefdom’s Paramount Chieftaincy are:  Abubakarr Osai Kamara, Briama Osaio Kamara, Umaru Osaio Kamara, Tamboura Osai Kamara, Foday Baimba Osaio Kamara, Kombo Osai Kamara, Salifu Kamara, Sorieba Osai Kamara, Foday Amara Kamara, Thomas Robert Kanu, Joseph Kanu and Foday Amara Kamara from the Kamara a...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Sierra Leone’s National Senior Women’s Team Captain Rashidatu Kamara who joined Amemia Women’s Championship side Noravank Sport Club last September on a two years contract has expressed immense satisfaction over her debut League season which she fineshes on high. Kamara says she is deeply excited to end the season with great experience and big achievements.  “I’m hungry for more time to rest and get back to the lab, said the former Mahmood FC and Wonder Girls FC forward. In her debut appearance with the Armenia based female outfit, the wonder girl from Sierra Leone made a total of sixteen appearances and was involved in the scoring of 12 goals, accounting for five goals netted plus seven assists. Her efforts enjoined with her Noravank SC teams saw them finished as the season’s runners up with 30 points behind champions Hayasa who won the Armenia Women’s Championship with a total of 46 points.