Iceland’s leaders get pay raise
Iceland’s leaders are about to get pay raise. A 9.3 percent increase means that the president’s wages go up by almost ISK 200,000 (USD 1,500, EUR 1,400) a month and the prime minister’s by a little over 118,000 (USD 892, EUR 835), mbl.is reports. The wage increase is retroactive to March 1, meaning that the president will receive […]
Southern Africa’s food crisis could get worse
Close to 29 million people in southern Africa are already facing food shortages as a result of this season’s poor harvest, but worse could be on the way. “Serious concerns are mounting that Southern Africa will this coming season face another poor harvest, possibly a disastrous one,” the UN’s aid coordinating agency, OCHA, warned in […]
Liberia vulnerable to climate change – Konneh
The head of the Liberian Delegation at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara Konneh on Wednesday held talks with Hela Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on the side lines of the Paris Conference. During the meeting, Minister Konneh highlighted the country’s vulnerability […]
Swedish PM’s speech at Paris Climate conference
I am an industry man. I started my working life as a welder. I know first-hand that with the right foresight, industry can bring about change, massively and fast. In fact, the industrial revolution is what brought us here today. It gave us unprecedented wealth and growth. But it was also the starting point for […]
‘Corruption has risen in Africa’
A majority of Africans say corruption has risen in the past 12 months and most governments are seen as failing in their duty to stop the abuse of power, bribery and secret deals, according to a new opinion poll from Transparency International. In the report People and Corruption: Africa Survey 2015, part of the Global […]
Registration of Nigerian nationals in Scandinavia
I am directed to inform that the Embassy has commenced an online registration of Nigerian nationals residing within the Mission’s Diplomatic jurisdiction; that is Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. Nigerian citizens are advice to register with the Embassy through its website at www.register.nigerianembassy.nu or collect a copy of the registration form at the Embassy (reception); […]
Investment forum for three West African countries
Three West African nations are expected to participate in a one-day trade and investment conference on Monday organized by Holland’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation in The Hague. The Dutch conference with Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone is a follow-up to the July 6-9 visit of a high-level Dutch trade delegation to the three Mano River Union […]
Sweden tightens screws on migration
In the worst refugee situation since the Second World War, Sweden has taken greater responsibility than any other country in the west. We are a small country that is making an enormous contribution and the Swedish people are showing great solidarity in a difficult time. We stand up for the international right of asylum. Since […]
Unmasking Mary Taryonnoh Broh
A bolt from the blue: This best depicts Mary Taryonnoh Broh’s re-emergence into the national scene after she was named to head the so-called Presidential Task Force with a mandate to clean up the city of Monrovia. The name of Mary Broh is nothing new to the Liberian public, especially since that name is […]
Tough requirements for family reunifications
The Finnish Government is intent on restricting the possibilities of successful asylum seekers to bring their families to Finland. An agreement on the introduction of more rigorous criteria on family reunifications was reached already in the coalition negotiations, but the ballooning number of asylum seekers has added a new sense of urgency to the plans. […]
