This week, the executive committee of the African Liberal Youth (ALY) met for the first time ever, in Nairobi, Kenya. The committee, which was elected earlier this year, will define and start the important work of providing a voice for…
Category: Africa
The Ticking Time Bomb of Youth Unemployment in Ghana and Africa
**Regardez ci-dessous pour la version française de cet article** No matter who we are, where we live, how good we might feel, we all face situations that cause us to fear. For young people Africa, a systemic lack of decent…
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IFLRY Delegation at COP22 in Marrakech – Dorien Lugt and Jonas Hall-Andersen
Dorien Lugt (Netherlands) and Jonas Hall-Andersen (Denmark) were on IFLRY’s delegation to the UN Climate Change conference (COP22) in Marrakech this year. What follows is a report on their overall experiences. It is easy to get lost in the small…
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Climate finance: what to do with 100 billion USD? – Dorien Lugt and Jonas Hall-Andersen
Dorien Lugt (Netherlands) and Jonas Hall-Andersen (Denmark) were on IFLRY’s delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP22) in Marrakech this year. Besides this article on finance, they wrote about their general impressions, the impact of the US presidential elections,…
Klimaschutzplan 2050: Germany, the first country to look ahead – Dorien Lugt and Jonas Hall-Andersen
Dorien Lugt (Netherlands) and Jonas Hall-Andersen (Denmark) were on IFLRY’s delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP22) in Marrakech this year. Besides this article on Germany’s climate roadmap, they wrote about their general impressions, the impact of the US…
The Refugee Crisis: From Short-Term Fixes to a Coherent European Strategy – Julian Slotman and Maya de Waal
The EU-Turkey deal was celebrated by politicians all around Europe as an example of successful European cooperation on a highly pressing issue. It seems to have been effective in discouraging illegal crossings from Turkey to Greece. But is this really…
How to Address the Root Causes of Refugee Flows – Laura de Vries and Bas Vos
Migrants in dire conditions, arriving at Europe’s borders, have been in the news for more than two years now. European states claim to be on top of the situation. But are they? Are they doing enough? And are they doing the…
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A Critical Time for Zambia – Luke Akal
Following its 12th Annual General Assembly in Johannesburg, South Africa, the African Liberal Network (ALN) has grown to become the largest network of political parties in Africa. Indicative of Africa’s strong need for and demand of liberal democratic parties, the…
Introducing the new IFLRY Bureau – Pauline Kastermans
Dear liberal friends, First of all, thank you for your support! As newly elected IFLRY president, I am happy to introduce to you the other newly-elected members of the bureau: General Secretary Tone Bjørndal, from our member organisation Young Liberals…
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Divine Nkrumah: The Man Who got Ghana’s Youth into Politics
The Progressive People’s Party of Ghana (PPP) was only recently founded when it entered the Ghanaian national elections in 2012. Although the party was a relative newcomer on the political spectrum in Ghana, PPP managed to come third in the…
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