Sweden acts to reduce passport abuse
On 15 April, a new act entered into force with the aim of reducing abuse of Swedish passports and the risk of valid passports falling into the wrong hands. The act includes the following amendments: As a general rule, Swedish citizens may be granted a maximum of three regular passports during a five-year period. As […]
Liberia: Warning against illicit election campaign
The National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia has warned some political parties and individuals desiring to seek political offices during the 2017 general elections to stop pre-campaign activities. NEC, headed by Cllr. Jerome Korkoya, warned that engaging in pre-campaign activities is in violation of Chapter VI, Section 6 of the 2014 Guidelines Relating to the Registration of […]
Sweden is one of world’s top aid donors
Sweden is one of the countries in the world with the highest level of development aid as a percentage of gross national income (GNI), according to new figures from the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for 2015. This applies whether costs for asylum reception are included or not. […]
Making Liberia a christian nation not way forward
Liberia’s ambassador accredited to the United States of America (USA) Jeremiah C. Sulunteh says christianizing Liberia now, as suggested by some members of the Christian community, is not the way forward politically as it will make no political or economic difference in the lives of the people. He said “Over the years Liberian Christians and other religious […]
APC diaspora supports war against corruption
The chairmen of the Diaspora chapters of Nigeria’s All progressives Congress (APC) last week held an e-conference to review the state of the party and the nation on the anniversary of the pivotal election that brought the party to power exactly one year ago. Chairmen in attendance were Philip Idaewor, APC UK; Stephen Adeayo Tella, APC Spain; Ayoola R. Lawal, APC […]
Ambassador Sulunteh: UN has confidence in Liberia
Liberia’s ambassador accredited to the United States of America says the United Nations’ decision to withdraw its peacekeeping forces from Liberia is predicated upon its confidence in Liberia to build on the progress made since the deployment of the peacekeeping mission in 2003 and to continue the remarkable job it has done in the fight against the […]
African peacekeeping forces in a new strategic role
On 16 July last year, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon received a report from the Ramos-Horta panel outlining a revision of the peace and security work of the UN and its partners. The report unmistakably patted the African Union on the back for its peace operations. Researcher Linnéa Gelot has been following African peacekeeping forces on […]
UN meeting calls for end to violence against women
The 60th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), held in New York on 14–24 March, agreed on a set of conclusions urging gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. The issues highlighted include the importance of combating all forms of violence against women and […]
African Development Week in Ethiopia
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union (AU) will once again convene Ministers of Finance and Economy for their annual Conference of Ministers meetings. the 2016 Conference of Ministers will be held from March 31 to April 5 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meetings have become an important platform to discuss the most critical […]
China-OIC Forum: African trade and investment deal
At the side lines of the landmark China-OIC Forum 2016 in Beijing, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the private sector arm of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group and China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund), a Beijing-based private equity firm focusing on Africa. The […]
