Section: Liberia
Syrian refugee family reunited despite Donald Trump’s travel ban
A family of Syrian refugees separated for two years are reunited in the US — despite President Trump’s controversial travel ban. Father Fadi Kassar hugs his daughters Hnan, eight, and Lian, five, while wife Razan looks on in tears. Mother and daughters arrived at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York yesterday on a flight from...
The Gambia political crisis: Some lessons from international law
By: Wonderr Koryenen Freeman Attorney-at-Law, Monrovia, Liberia Wonderr Koryenen Freeman Attorney-at-Law, Monrovia, LiberiaYahya Jammeh has finally left The Gambia – of course with so much credit to the resolve of ECOWAS that the will of the Gambia people must be respected. Is this Africa coming of age or is this just an aberration for a...
Trump Casts New Doubt on US Claim Russia Meddled in Election
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is casting new doubt on the U.S. intelligence conclusion that Russia meddled in the presidential election through computer hacking, a finding that led President Barack Obama to impose sanctions on Russian spy agencies last week and expel 35 diplomats he said were spies. Trump, in a tuxedo for a New...
World leaders react to Donald Trump’s US election victory
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump addresses supporters during his election night rally in Manhattan, New York, U.S., Nov. 9, 2016.Top officials at the European Union have invited Donald Trump to Europe for an urgent US-EU summit In a joint letter, Donald Tusk, president of the European council and Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European...
Germany to send tanks to Russian border
Germany has confirmed it is sending Leopard 2 tanks to Lithuania as part of NATO plans to reinforce the Baltic States. But the presence is largely symbolic, since Russia is still militarily superior in the region. Protecting Lithuania from Russia is to be Germany’s responsibility, according to the new NATO defense plans that emerged at this...
GNN Personality Of The Week – Profile Of Pending UN Secretary General, Antonio Manuel de Oliverira Guterres
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres,the next United Nations Secretary GeneralThis week we profile United Nations pending Secretary General, António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, born 30 April 1949) is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who is the designate Secretary-General of the United Nations, he was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to...
Russia’s Putin suspends plutonium cleanup accord with U.S. because of ‘unfriendly’ acts
By Dmitry Solovyov | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an awarding ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Ivan SekretarevRussian President Vladimir Putin on Monday suspended an agreement with the United States for disposal of weapons-grade plutonium because of “unfriendly” acts by Washington, the...
Personality Of The Week – Meet World Bank Liberia New Country Manager
World Bank Liberia Country Manager, Larisa LeshchenkoThis week our personality profile has taken us to another level; featuring Ms. Larisa Leshchenko, the World Bank’s Country Manager for Liberia, started on August 1, 2016. Prior to this appointment, she worked for more than16 years in various positions in the Bank, including her latest...
