A $760 Billion European Economy Terminates 18-Year Liberia Aid Programme as It Shifts Spending Towards Ukraine
Stockholm is redirecting aid as it pledges long-term support for Ukraine and raises defence spending toward 3.5% of gross domestic product by 2030.
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Liberia: Sweden's Exit Is Liberia's Test of Statehood
Sweden has closed its embassy in Monrovia and ended its bilateral development assistance to Liberia. What has departed is not merely a donor and a diplomatic flag. Liberia has lost one of the most consistent partners in its postwar recovery, and the country has been handed a brutally clear warning about the danger of allowing essential public functions to depend on decisions made in foreign capitals.
A $760 billion European economy terminates 18-year Liberia aid programme as it shifts spending towards Ukraine
Sweden, a $760 billion European economy, has ended an 18-year development aid programme in Liberia worth SEK 5.77 billion (about $600 million) as the country redirects more of its resources towards Ukraine and a major expansion of defence spending.
Sweden has concluded a financial aid programme for development in Liberia after 18 years, and is increasingly supporting Ukraine
Sweden ends aid to Liberia in a hammer blow to women’s rights and healthcare
Sexual and reproductive services face an uncertain future as the country’s second-largest donor halts support worth hundreds of millions of pounds The Swedish flag is still flying above the pale blue building overlooking the Atlantic in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, but the doors of the embassy are now closed to visitors. On 31 August, the Swedish…
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