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Sierra Leone biggest and finest GSM operator africell has take the single leg amputee sports club to another level by been the main sponsor in their ongoing national sport competition in Kenema city.Team from Freetown, Bo, Kenema, Makeni and Kailahun are currently battle it out for supremacy. During the official opening ceremony over the weekend, statements were made by stakeholders in sports and africell being the lead sponsor. In his address, head of Events and sponsorship Arthur Bockery Kallon said among other things that africell appreciate the gain made by amputee since they decided to partner with them in 2007. He disclosed that africell have sport at heart that is why he said they sponsored the national team, African Nations Cup, World Cup, squash and other sporting activities in the country. He went on to say through sports peace and unity can be entails in any community. He encourages spectators to give support to amputee where ever they see them as disability is not inab

The Accra-based sub-regional rights body, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Tuesday urged Sierra Leonean President, Ernest Bai Koroma, to respect the independence of his country’s Independent Media Commission (IMC) in carrying out its regulatory mandate. The call followed the withdrawal of the broadcast licence of Afri Radio, a privately-owned radio station, on 12 April by the statutory media regulatory body, the media commission, ”following a direct order from President Ernest Bai Koroma.” ”The MFWA calls on President Koroma and his government to respect the independence of the IMC and allow it to carry out its regulatory mandate under the Act that established it as advised by the State Attorney,” the sub-regional rights body emphasized in a statement. According to MFWA, President Koroma, during a meeting with officials of Sierra Leone’s National Telecommunications Commission on 9 April, reportedly ordered the Chairman of the IMC, Rod MacJohnson, to immediately suspend the