Somaliland talk at LIBG Scotland agm
Willis Pickard reports.
LIBG is part of both the Liberal Democrats and Liberal International. It holds regular online forums mainly on current affairs outside Europe with participants from around the world. Meetings will be notified in the site's news section. LIBG is also represented at Liberal Interntaional executive meetings and congresses and maintains relationships with sister parties abroad
Willis Pickard reports.
Liberal International held its 57th Congress in Manila from 16-20 June, the first time a full congress has been held in Asia.
Martin Jacques, author of When China Rules the World, addressed a 23 May forum held jointly by Liberal International British Group and the Chinese Liberal Democrats.
Prospects for democracy and liberalism hang in the balance across the Arab world, with progress in some countries but the likelihood of bloodshed in others as the wave of popular revolts continues, LIBG's forum on North Africa heard.
Revolt in Tunisia and its possible affects on the Arab world
Rebecca Tinsley, founder of Waging Peace, which works with survivors of war, genocide and rape in central Africa, spoke to an LIBG forum on the impending referendum that could see southern Sudan secede as a separate country.