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President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has on Wednesday 16th October 2013 assured Heineken Africa of government’s continued support. During discussions with the President of Heineken, Africa and the Middle East in Freetow. He registered deep satisfaction with strides being made by government in encouraging the private sector, with clear indications of good prospects, as the […]

The Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission in Sierra Leone Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara has said that the commission will work with the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) to develop a code of ethics for the FA. He made this disclosure to the Executive Committee of the FA when they paid a courtesy call at the Commission’s […]

Sierra Leone’s renowned cricket club, the “Kent Cricket Club (KCC)” has announced that they will provide one year academic scholarship to young cricketers . who participated at the just concluded Lime Line U-12 Cricket Championship 2013 hosted in Freetown from the 6th-14th September 2013. https://awoko.org/2013/10/16/sierra-leone-sports-kcc-to-award-scholarships-to-young-cricketers/

Parishioners took part in a village walk to support an organisation helping children in Sierra Leone. Adults and children gathered at St Mary & St John’s Parish Centre, in Billing Avenue, Finchampstead, in aid of Art Resourceful Tourism Sierra Leone (ARTSL). The organisation, which is in the process of getting charitable status, was established in 2008 and […]

LONDON (Alliance News) – Stellar Diamonds PLC Wednesday said it has completed its first ore blast in its bulk sampling programme at the Tongo Kimberlite Dyke project in Sierra Leone. The AIM-listed diamond development and production company focused in West Africa said the ore blast was completed on schedule, and said it is aiming to […]

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Kankaylay Girls School, among the first to offer Islamic education to girls in Sierra Leone, has benefitted from a scholarship, learning materials, and the reactivation of its library, by Mohamed Lamin Sesay, a 26-year-old Sierra Leonean student living in the United Kingdom.  (Photo:  Dr Sesay making a speech at Kankaylay School) https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/61734

The Publisher and CEO of the COCORIOKO Newspaper , Rev. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu , who is also Sierra Leone’s Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Nations,  has received another coveted award for outstanding Journalism and Community Service. He was one of many distinguished Sierra Leoneans honored with the GEMS OF AFRICA Award yesterday night by the […]

Female footballers who were invited for training to the national U-20 team have expressed their excitement over the invitation and promised to do their best in representing the country. The Sierra Leone U-20 female technical team on Tuesday invited 28-players, and yesterday the players had their first training session at the Football Academy ground, Kingtom […]

UNICEF yesterday handed over 42 motorbikes to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in a ceremony held at the Ministry in New England. The motorbikes will be used by school monitors and supervisors to access schools to ensure that teaching methods and school environment are improved and school attendance and community involvement increased. https://awoko.org/2013/10/10/sierra-leone-news-unicef-gives-education-ministry-over-42-motorbikes/