Tag: GOSL
Dis Nar rubbish: Sierra Leone passes bill to allow civilians to own guns
Our Dis nar rubbish post this week goes to the Minister of Internal Affairs and parliament of Sierra Leone for passing a bill that allows civilian gun ownership just 4 months ahead ...NEC reduces political parties elections nomination fees after government promises subsidy
The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has to agreed reduce elections nomination registration fees that came under harsh criticism from political parties last month. At a meeting at the Office of the ...Over poor work conditions local United Nations staff in Sierra Leone demand UNIPSIL boss’s removal
The local staff of the United Nations Integrated Peace building Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) have called for the withdrawal of the Executive Representative of the Secretary General (ERSG) Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen over allegations ...Tony Blair to set up shop in Guinea
The Telegraph reports Tony Blair has been invited by the government of Guinea to set up his ever growing African Government Initiative (AGI) in Conakry. This means that Mr. Blair and ‘the ...President Koroma asked UN to remove Schulenburg from Sierra Leone – Reuters
Reuters has just reported that the President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma is to blame for the unexpected departure of Michael von der Schulenburg, head of the United Nations Integrated ...Sierra Leone’s opposition parties in a battle of words in the Associated Press
A war of words has ignited another round of accusations and threats from Sierra Leone’s leading political parties. This new bout began when opposition leader Maada Bio accused the ruling APC party ...Oluniyi Robbin-Coker is now Minister of Energy – Sierra Leone
A source at the Ministry of Energy, Power, and Water resources says that Prof. Ogunlade Davidson has been replaced by Oluniyi Robbin-Coker. Mr Davidson had previously replaced Haja Afsatu Kabba as minister after ...A look at Sierra Leone’s road to Telecommunications liberalization just in time for fiber optics ...
Recently the government of sierra leone announced its intention to “liberalize” the country’s international gateway. The liberalization is a precondition from the World Bank, who put up the $30million needed to fund ...New Anti Piracy Act could send you to jail for 3 yrs
Its been a long time that local artists have been calling for parliament to pass an Anti Piracy Bill, to protect their intellectual property and last week they got their wish with ...Kudos to SLPP MPs for Walking Out on Petroleum Exploration Bill
Image via Wikipedia If not for the staged walkout of Parliamentarians of the Sierra Leone’s People Party (SLPP) on the Executive’s Proposed Petroleum Exploration and Production (PPEP) Bill the public would be ...