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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  After donning the colors of Swiss second division side Neuchatel Xamax Football Club for 18 months, Former skipper of the Leone Stars Umaro Zangalay Bangura is now a free agent, effective Thursday, June 30, 2022. Since joining the club in January, 2021 Bangura represented his former club 31 times across all major tournaments, although his spell there had not let him accomplish all he wanted but the Sierra Leonean international defender who is now free to join any club, believes “he still has more to offer on and off the pitch.” Bangura is among the six players including Samuel Kasongo and Yannick who were loaned to Maladiere and two whose contracts with the Swiss side will not be extended following the end of their contracts with the club this summer, as was announced a week ago by the management of Neuchatel Xamax.

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson   Cecilia Renner, the Public Relations Officer of the Ernest Bai Koroma University-(EBKUST) has warned educated Sierra Leoneans to desist from the act of promoting Tribalism which she says "will deter the enjoyment of lasting peace in Sierra Leone.” She was speaking to AWE-Media.SL on Tuesday, 28th June, 2022 after taking part in a day’s Anti-Tribalism dialogue organized by renowned Civil Society Organization HEAL Salone for Students and Staff of the Ernest Bai Koroma University-(EBKUST) Makeni Campus, representatives of Civil Society Organization and other key stakeholders in Makeni city, Bombali District, Northeastern Sierra Leone. “I’m a living example of one that has been hunted countless times by tribalism promoters, an experience I could best as a thorn in my flesh,” she explained. She continued saying that, “It is only in Sierra Leone where educated people can ignore their titles in society, takeoff their academic gowns and venture into political ar...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  To officially kickoff preparations for the upcoming West Africa Football Union-(WAFU) Zone-“A” U-15 tournament next month in Liberia, the Sierra Leone Football Association-(SLFA) has announced two SWASAL members Tejan Fredickson Fatorma and Mohamed Gassama, 7 others as caretaker technicial officials of the nation’s male U-15 team.  Their appointment was done by the SLFA Executive Committee on Thursday, 24th June, 2022 and all of the nine appointees have duly assumed their respective duties on the same date. SLFA also confirmed that a national U-15 trials for selected U-15 players from all five administrative football regions in the country had also been initiated at the Local Federation’s Headquarters at Kingtom in Freetown last Friday.  Full list of appointees:   Alimu Koroma(Head Coach), Musa Jalloh(Assistant Coach-I), Abdul Kandeh Lavali(Assistant Coach), Sheku Lahai Koroma(Goalkeeping Coach), Ibrahim S. Kamara (Masseur), Mary Thompson(Te...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  The Makeni municipality and its environs has been hard hit again by heavy rainfall and storm resulting to a number of houses and properties being destroyed to flooding which erupted on the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 28, 2022. It is the third time since April that the northeastern region city and its environs is been badly hit by the dangers of heavy rainfall and storm, the last two occurred in the first week of April and on the eve of this year’s pray day with over hundreds casualties including roofs of schools, dwelling house and shops been flown away by the breeze been reported earlier. The latest heavy rainfall and storm caused countless loss and destruction of valuable properties and houses on strategic locations near the central business area of Makeni, swampy areas and its environs. Kabala highway, Lower John Street, Station road, Mabanta road, Magburaka road, Rogbaneh road, Masuba, Talent town, Makama, Mabanta and the OIC community make up...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Alhaji Mohamed Bangura and Fullah Sesay, two of the newly FIFA certified Physical and Technical Local Referees Instructors in Sierra Leone from the North East Region Football Referees Association-(NERFA) have affirmed their readiness to "give football referring a facelift in their region and beyond.” The former Referees, upon their return from Freetown where they along with 28 other physical and technical local referees instructors selected from across the country have successfully completed a five-day intriguing course on several topics including: “Technical fouls, Challenges, Offside, Hand-Ball, Penalty area incidents, Positioning and reading of the game as well as Game Management.” They told that AWE-MEDIA.SL that: “We’re  now fell more professional in their areas haven acquired a lot of new knowledge relating to their duties as local instructors.” Further described the training which is organized by FIFA for CAF Member Association Referees and Ins...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Information Officer of the Makeni Police Division PC 13608 Osman Kamara has confirmed the arrest of four suspects and two motor bikes during yesterday’s Fuel Hike Protest in Makeni city, Northeastern, Sierra Leone. The four suspects currently in police nest were arrested by the Makeni Police patrol team which raided various streets namely:  Lunsar Road, Watson Street, Care Junction, Azzolini highway within and around the northeastern city’s Municipality, alleged to be among other fuel protesters including Bike Riders who used sticks and stones to barricade main roads while protesting over the week long scarcity of fuel and the unprecedented hike of the commodity price by black marketers from the routine cost of Le 20,000 to Le 40,000 and more per a liter. Meanwhile, all the four suspected protesters that were arrested in the early morning hours of Monday, 27th June, 2022 have been transferred to the North East Regional Criminal Investigations Departme...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  After three days of competitive search for the six available spots in the round of six, among twelve-(12) teams in the first-ever U-15 Football tournament organized by the Bombali District Football Association-(BDFA), Kim FC,  BWB Foundation, Mena Stars, Rogbaneh Strikers, Young  Moon Light FC and Sierra Avengers Football Club have all progressed to the tournament’s preliminarily final round. The said teams respectively qualified after beating their respective opponents: Iron Mental FC(3-1), Fothal FC(7-0),  AZ Foundation(6-5), Santino FC(3-2), Sektars Academy(4-3) and Korombo Football Club(2-0) in their the preliminary knockout matches played at the Wusum Stadium in Makeni from Friday, 24th to Sunday, 26th June, 2022. According to the Bombali District Football Association-(BDFA) competition department, “all six teams that are through to the preliminary final round of six will be eventually placed into two groups consisting of three teams ea...