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US apologises over Gaddafi comments
Source: BBC
March 10, 2010
The US State Department has apologised for comments made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland.
Department spokesman PJ Crowley, who made the dismissive comments, said they did not reflect US policy and were not intended to offend. Col Gaddafi had criticised a Swiss vote against the building of minarets and urged Muslims to boycott the country. Mr Crowley described it as "lots of words, not necessarily a lot of sense." Libya and Switzerland are embroiled in a long-running diplomatic row. "I regret that my comments have become an obstacle to further progress in our bilateral relationship," Mr Crowley said.  Read
Legislature, Labor Ministry Tussle Over Alien Work Permit Fee
Courtesy: Liberian Observer
March 08, 2010
MONROVIA – Labor Minister, Tiawon Gongloe, who has the statutory responsibility over the country’s labor sector and related activities on behalf of the Government of Liberia as prescribed by a 1981 Act of the National Legislature, says his ministry has the legal mandate to increase alien work permit fees without the involvement of the Legislature. The Labor Ministry, whose responsibility includes policy development and coordination, regulating and monitoring of labor practices, enforcement of labor laws and the promotion of best practices, maintains that the Legislature, which is responsible for ‘making and amending laws’, does not have the legal right to halt the increase in the alien work permit fee. Read
‘Lofa Violence Was Planned, Country on Time Bomb’
Source: Liberian Observer
March 04, 2010
MONROVIA – A Lofa County Senator has proposed that the violence that took place in Lofa County over the weekend, leaving at least four persons dead and several others injured, was premeditated.

On Tuesday, March 2, Sen.Sumo Kupee told the Senate Plenary, the highest decision-making body of the Upper House, that the mêlée, in which hundreds of people, including women and children, were displaced, had been planned by some individuals.

The Lofa County Senator did not name the masterminds of the violence but called for an independent probe into the incident.
Professor Kupee, who is also former Chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Liberia (UL), in his briefing to the Senate, said the hostility, which, he said, involved ‘Muslims and Christians’, clearly showed that Liberia is on a ‘time bomb’.Read
An Open Letter to President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
By: Bangalee Trawally
March 01, 2010

I have the honor of writing to you to express my concern about the seriousness of the land dispute in Ganta, Nimba County, which developed as a result of Liberia’s civil war. This issue has the potential of compromising your administration’s drive for peace, justice, and good governance.

This is especially true in view of the lack of meaningful progress on the part of your administration toward protecting the rights of the Mandingo people, who are the victims in an illegal and unacceptable appropriation of lands and houses by people who have no legal claims to them whatsoever. It is imperative that those properties be returned to their rightful owners. Read
ECOWAS slams Niger coup
Source: Africanews
February 19, 2010
West Africa's regional grouping, ECOWAS, has strongly condemned Thursday's coup in Niger. Soldiers seized power in the West African state on Thursday, dissolving government and kidnapping President Mamadou Tandja.

The controversial leader caused a stir and raised tension last year when he attempted to alter the Constitution and allow himself more grip to power. Read

ECOWAS leaders holding summit in Abuja
Source: Nordic Africa News
February 17, 2010

The 37th ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government opened in Abuja, Nigeria on Tuesday, with a call on the leaders to ensure that the construction of the Joint Border Post (JBP), which facilitate free movement along the borders commence in 2010. Read
Odd Bed-Fellows Up Against Sirleaf
Can She Survive the 2nd Term Bid?
Analystliberia.com
February 16, 2010
The ruling Unity Party (UP), at its special strategy convention last week in the central highland town of Gbarnga in Bong County, concluded a merger agreement with the Liberia Action Party (LAP) and the Liberia Unification Party (LUP). The three will become a new Unity Party with symbols of LAP and LUP. With this gain up President Sirleaf’s sleeves, she had no doubt that the road is clear for her second reelection bid. Read

Felmausa’ s Board Chairman, Abe Kromah travels to Liberia today
Submitted: Musa Fofana
February 16, 2010
This is to inform the general FELMAUSA public and the entire Liberian Mandingo Community that the Chairman of the Board of Directors of FELMAUSA Hon. Abraham Kromah will be taking a trip to Europe and Africa Starting February 16, 2010.
While in Europe, Chairman Kromah will participate in reconciliatory meetings and peace building initiative amongst the Liberian Mandingo Community in Amsterdam the Netherlands. Read

Nelson Mandela's 1990 release marked in South Africa
BBC African News
February 11, 2010
Celebrations are being held to mark 20 years since the release from prison of Nelson Mandela, a key step towards ending apartheid in South Africa.

In Cape Town, prominent figures took part in a commemorative walk at the prison where he spent the final months of his 27-year imprisonment.  Read
 

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