Waalwijk report


WAALWIJK - The city council in the Dutch town of Waalwijk has fallen after the resignation of Green Left councillor Elly Baggerman.

The councillor, who was in charge of youth employment and immigration policy, stood down following the publication of a critical report by the Forum multicultural institute.

The Dutch news agency ANP reports that Labour Party councillor Peter van Dongen might step down as well.

A report compiled by the Dutch Institute for Multi-Cultural Development has revealed that for about a year and a half, the authorities in the town of Waspik ignored a large number of complaints about racist intimidation of a Liberian family living in the town. A Liberian mother and her four children (names withheld) were forced to leave the town after constant threats. The Dutch institute has submitted its report to the Dutch Minister of Immigration Ella Vogelaar.

27,000 Liberians to go home

Source: Ghana Graphic newspaper-April 4, 2008

All 26,967 Liberian refugees resident in the country are to be repatriated to Liberia by the Government of Ghana for them to help to rebuild their country.

The repatriation exercise, which will be sponsored by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), is expected to start after Friday, April 4, 2008.

Liberia-Public Agenda- newspaper

Amputees footballers are gearing up for the first-ever African Cup of Nations to be hosted in Liberia this month.

The tournament is the second edition after Sierra Leone hosted it in 2006.

Liberian soccer.com - news

Barely a week following the formal signing of a one-year contract to coach Liberia's senior national team, German-born Antoine Toney Hey has named 18 foreign-based players for a friendly match with Sudan in Khartoum on 26 March.