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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/

In a newspaper article written by Mr. Abdul Fonti (thenewpeople.com, 06/10/13), the author questions whether the President, Dr. Bai Ernest Koroma was becoming a DICTATOR. According to the article, “President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma stands accused of putting on display a dictatorship tendency. The President surrendered himself to a barrage […]

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone officials say they are bolstering security in response to the heightened threat posed by the Islamic extremist rebels of al-Shabab expressing concern the West African nation could be targeted because of its support for peacekeeping operations in Somalia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/sierra-leone-ramps-up-security-to-prevent-al-shabab-attack-over-somalia-deployment/2013/10/09/6e8c0664-30e9-11e3-ad00-ec4c6b31cbed_story.html

Australians have been asked to don school dresses to compete in the Melbourne Marathon to raise awareness of the education of girls in Sierra Leone. On October 13, Glen Waverley’s Lillian Tern will run the marathon wearing nothing more than a school dress. https://www.monashweekly.com.au/story/1791210/running-in-school-dress-for-sierra-leone-girls/

The Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA), in collaboration with the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL), has Thursday, October 3 schooled a large number of CCSL youths on the essence of road safety management. https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/61610

Forty two year old Dr. Mohamed Sheriff (in photo) has won a prestigious award from the United Nations Organisation. Due to his hard work in changing the approach to food safety and quality management he has been given the UN 21 Award in the “Efficiency” category.  The award was announced recently by the UN Secretary General, Mr. […]

Sama Sesay aka Pupa Baja, Solomon Vandy aka A-Class and Mohamed Daramy aka Naughty Dove of Bow-Wow Society. Are reported to be staging another triumphant musical explosion in Sierra Leone in November this year with a yet to be known debut musical album and musical concerts. https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/61505

British Airways is growing its presence in West Africa and has appointed Kola Olayinka as Commercial Manager for the region. Olayinka, who was previously the country manager for Nigeria, will be responsible for the airline’s commercial operations in that country as well as Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia. https://www.gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.1562011