Regnér: Gender equality good for democracy

On March 15 Sweden’s Minister for Children, the Elderly and Gender Equality Åsa Regnér delivered a speech (below) at the Commission on the Status of Women 2016 being convened in New York, the United States of America: Distinguished delegates, It is an honour for me to address the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of […]

Is Ivory Coast attack the new normal?

The attacks that killed 16 people yesterday at a beach resort in Cote d’Ivoire were shocking and brutal, but not entirely unexpected. Security experts had been warning that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was a growing threat outside its traditional stronghold in northern Mali. The group, and its affiliate al-Mourabitoun, claimed responsibility for attacks […]

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s Liberia: A scary place to live

Judging from recent local newspaper reports as well as interviews conducted with people returning from Liberia, it’s evident that the country is no longer the way former interim leader Charles Gyude Bryant or indicted former Pres. Charles Taylor left it in terms of appreciable level of security for all as the state of general security […]

Food production takes a hit in Boko Haram fight

Nigeria’s war against Boko Haram is finally swinging in the government’s favour, but it’s going to take much longer for food production to recover in the country’s northeast. The same is true in neighbouring Cameroon, which has also felt the impact of the violence. According to the Famine Early Warning Network, FEWS NET, the conflict […]

Time for a woman to head UN, says NPA Boss

The orator of this year’s International Women’s Day celebration in Liberia has called on women the world over to strive for parity by ensuring that a female becomes the next United Nations (UN) Secretary General. Delivering the keynote address at the official indoor program commemorating the day held in Buchannan, Grand Bassa County, the Managing […]

Sweden prolongs internal border controls

The Swedish Government on Thursday decided to prolong internal border controls again, from 10 March up to and including 8 April. The government’s assessment is that the conditions on which the earlier decisions were taken still apply. “Europe has not managed to maintain its external borders. Until we see a joint European solution, Sweden will […]

Sweden’s 5-year development plan in Liberia

The Swedish Government has decided on a new development cooperation strategy with Liberia for the next five years from 2016 to 2020, amounting to about US$160 million. Swedish Ambassador Lena Nordstrom disclosed that the development cooperation includes support to building feeder roads, the decentralization process and County Service Center as well as the fight against […]

West Africa: Catholics want action against terrorists

Catholic Church leaders from West Africa have condemned terrorist attacks in the region and urged governments to act decisively to end the scourge. The 120 bishops, cardinals and archbishops made the call in a recent communique after a seven-day conference in Accra, Ghana whose theme was: ‘The new evangelisation and specific challenges for the church, family […]

Pres. Sirleaf: I will complete my development agenda

During her recent one-day state visit to Nigeria, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf granted an interview to the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) after she held bilateral talks with her Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari.   Minister Counselor for Press and Public Affairs at the Liberian Embassy in Abuja, Nat Bayjay, transcribes below the full exclusive interview. The NTA’s […]

Danish police want to track online movements

Denmarks’s national police force, Rigspolitiet, wants the ability to track every user’s digital footprints. “Tracking online movements will help them to identify and arrest criminals, as crime and communication about crime is increasingly taking place in cyberspace,” Rigspolitiet commissioner Jens Henrik Højbjerg told DR Nyheder. Højbjerg is publicly supporting Søren Pind, who said last month that […]