The head of the Liberian delegation at the Paris Climate Change Conference/COP21, Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara Konneh says Liberia wants a new legally binding agreement out of Paris that will be endorsed by all parties.  Speaking at the High Level Segmentof the conference on Monday, Minister Konneh emphasized that a new global agreement […]

  Danes feel more secure where they live than they did last year, the annual survey of perceived security conducted by the Danish police has revealed. This year 89.3 percent of citizens responded that they feel safe, which represents a 2.5 percent increase compared to 2014. The survey also gathers data specifically from residents of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Liberian author Lulu Marshall says the newest edition of her book – A Book of Liberian Parables:  Wise Sayings and Their Simple Interpretations – is a fantastic gift even for the Christmas holidays.   Available online in soft cover and ebook formats, the book is excellently reviewed on the Archway Publishing website: “A Book of Liberian Parables: Wise […]

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); […]

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 […]