Thousands of passports disappear every year

The number of Danish passports that have been stolen or lost has doubled in ten years, according to metroXpress newspaper. Last year 34,949 Danes reported to the police that their passports were either stolen or had gone missing, according to police statistics, while just 19,257 were reported in the same way in 2003. The passport […]

Liberian women want land ownership rights

Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf, along with Liberian Minister of Gender and Development Julia Duncan-Cassel, welcome land reform recommendations from Central and West Africa regional organization REFACOF (African Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests) and Liberia’s Foundation for Community Initiatives (FCI). As honored guests at Liberia’s International Women’s Day Celebrations  in Monrovia on Saturday, March […]