Awoko Newspaperhttps://awokonewspaper.sl/Awoko NewspaperenFreetown's flood response: what the 2026 season changedhttps://awokonewspaper.sl/news/freetown-flood-response-2026/https://awokonewspaper.sl/news/freetown-flood-response-2026/2026-10-14After the 2023 floods exposed Freetown's drainage weaknesses, the 2026 season tested whether the fixes held.Digital ID reaches the provinces: what the rollout actually delivershttps://awokonewspaper.sl/news/sierra-leone-digital-ID-rollout/https://awokonewspaper.sl/news/sierra-leone-digital-ID-rollout/2026-10-15The national digital ID rollout has quietly become the most-used government service in Sierra Leone.Sierra Leone fisheries and the EU banner: the honest scoreboardhttps://awokonewspaper.sl/news/fisheries-exports-eu-banner/https://awokonewspaper.sl/news/fisheries-exports-eu-banner/2026-10-16The yellow card is gone; the work that keeps it gone is annual, unglamorous, and worth understanding.The Freetown cable car study: reading a feasibility report before the ribbonhttps://awokonewspaper.sl/news/freetown-cable-car-feasibility/https://awokonewspaper.sl/news/freetown-cable-car-feasibility/2026-10-16A cable car over Freetown's hills is back on the table. The feasibility study deserves a closer read than the renderings.School feeding expands: what four more districts mean for the programmehttps://awokonewspaper.sl/news/school-feeding-expansion-districts/https://awokonewspaper.sl/news/school-feeding-expansion-districts/2026-10-17The national school feeding programme adds four districts — and the expansion is a logistics story as much as a nutrition one.The Cotton Tree museum wings: what the renovation finally openshttps://awokonewspaper.sl/news/cotton-tree-museum-wings/https://awokonewspaper.sl/news/cotton-tree-museum-wings/2026-10-17The National Museum's renovation reaches its opening phase — and the Cotton Tree square gets its centre back.Mini-grids beyond the headlines: where Sierra Leone's power actually improvedhttps://awokonewspaper.sl/news/renewable-energy-mini-grids-bonus/https://awokonewspaper.sl/news/renewable-energy-mini-grids-bonus/2026-10-18The mini-grid programme is the quietest success in Sierra Leone's power story — and the newest phase changes the business model.Chimp sanctuary tourism: the numbers behind the conservationhttps://awokonewspaper.sl/news/chimps-sanctuary-tourism-numbers/https://awokonewspaper.sl/news/chimps-sanctuary-tourism-numbers/2026-10-18Tacugama's visitor numbers tell a conservation story that works — and a funding model that doesn't rely on luck.The port rehabilitation: reading the procurement before the concretehttps://awokonewspaper.sl/news/port-rehabilitation-freetown/https://awokonewspaper.sl/news/port-rehabilitation-freetown/2026-10-19Freetown's port rehabilitation is the economy's largest current project — and its procurement is the story to watch.The youth employment fund's first results: what the data sayshttps://awokonewspaper.sl/news/youth-employment-fund-results/https://awokonewspaper.sl/news/youth-employment-fund-results/2026-10-19The fund's first cohort results are in — and the interesting finding is which training worked.Krio in the classroom: the language policy pilot explainedhttps://awokonewspaper.sl/news/krio-language-policy-schools/https://awokonewspaper.sl/news/krio-language-policy-schools/2026-10-19Teaching children in the language they speak is the pilot's premise — and the early results are why it is expanding.Okada registration: the compromise that brought bike taxis into the systemhttps://awokonewspaper.sl/news/bike-taxi-registration-freetown/https://awokonewspaper.sl/news/bike-taxi-registration-freetown/2026-10-20Freetown's bike taxis are registering at last — the compromise regulated the riders without killing the trade.The plastic ban's enforcement year: what changed in the marketshttps://awokonewspaper.sl/news/sierra-rivers-plastic-ban-enforcement/https://awokonewspaper.sl/news/sierra-rivers-plastic-ban-enforcement/2026-10-20The single-use plastic ban entered its enforcement year — and the markets found cheaper substitutes faster than expected.