The issue, which led to the cancellation of British Airways and Kenya Airways flights to Sierra Leone over the weekend, sends out a really bad signal for our airport authorities. It shows that the issue of security is not being given the importance it deserves. We believe that the paramount issue for any airport in[…]

The news about what happened between the Football Association President and Sierra Leone’s most successful footballer is nothing but disgraceful and absolutely disgraceful. Since the days of football being played at the old Kingtom grounds and then the Recreation grounds (Recree), which now houses the National Stadium, we have never ever heard of the FA[…]

We would want to commend Masada for their efforts at cleaning the City of Freetown. They are not there yet but if they do not get frustrated and continue with the steady zeal they are displaying now, they just might overcome and win the battle against the filth in the City. However as the filth[…]

Ban Ki Moon arrives today at the start of a two day visit to Sierra Leone. This visit is largely to celebrate 15 years of UN peace keeping and peace building operations in Sierra Leone, which comes to an end on the 31st March 2014. For the UN there is something to celebrate, and for[…]

The traffic in the Western area of Freetown has worsened over the past days mainly due to the road constructions, and the closure of main thoroughfares. Some would say that motorists and commuters need to be patient and endure the inconveniences which will go away soon as the road engineers try to do as much[…]

Colleague journalist Hassan Arouni is nursing his broken bones in a UK hospital after being robbed and mercilessly dragged along the street by a thieving taxi driver and his colleagues. This is just one in the countless seemingly organised robberies which seem to happen and have been happening almost on a daily basis all round[…]

Pa Kabbah turned 82 past Sunday. We in Awoko would like to wish him a belated happy birthday, good health and peace as he looks forward to the day he will return to his maker. We cannot wish him many more years, because that would be making a joke of the old man as he[…]

The pictures in the press of President Koroma and Mr Maada Bio embracing each other was to be quite frank, a beautiful sight. At the end of the day the meeting and the embrace was a triumph for Sierra Leone and demonstrates that our dear nation has truly come of age. It’s a validation that[…]

There is no gainsaying that the level of lawlessness and indiscipline in this country has risen to epic proportions. When we started complaining about the lawlessness of the okada riders, to the extent that one had the audacity to disregard the security cordon and hit the official car carrying the President and the UN Secretary[…]

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