Dr Amos Sawyer heads ECOWAS Observers for Sierra Leone polls
Liberia’s former interim President Dr. Amos Sawyer is heading a 55-member ECOWAS Observation Mission in neighbouring Sierra Leone. An ECOWAS press release said over the...
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Amb. Wallace hails Deployment of ECOWAS Volunteers to Liberia
A training of 20 ECOWAS youth volunteers from Nigeria Benin, Ghana and Sierra Leone is taking place in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. It is being...
“Humanitarian Grand Challenge” to help conflict-affected communities
–Seeks bold new ideas LONDON / TORONTO – Today (Monday), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green and UK Department for International Development (DFID)...
Weah proposes new program to “fast-track” Liberia development
Dakar, Senegal – President George Manneh Weah has proposed a new program dubbed the ‘New Life Program for Inclusive Finance’ (NLPIF). The program will be...
“Groundbreaking”: ECOWAS Court Rules against criminalizing speech
The West African journalists Association (WAJA) has welcomed as groundbreaking, the guilty verdict brought down by the ECOWAS Court against the Gambian Government in a case...
CDC gov’t “will not be able to deliver on promise of change without urgent assistance”- Weah
-As he begins official visit to Senegal Dakar, Senegal: As he began his visit to Senegal on Thursday, Liberia’s new President George Manneh Weah has...
South Africa: Zuma Resigns, Ramaphosa to be Elected New President
SOURCE: www.allafrica.com Cape Town — President Jacob Zuma announced his resignation on Wednesday night. The South African Parliament is scheduled to elect Cyril Ramaphosa, his...
Towards a food-secure Africa
Experts urge empowerment of smallholder farmers By Raphael Obonyo, Contributing Writer Development experts and political leaders agree that Africa’s enormous agricultural potential, if tapped, can...
A study to reduce high cost of elections in West Africa
A regional study has been launched to reduce the high cost of conducting elections in the West Africa sub-region. The survey was launched on Thursday...
Pres Weah urges ECOWAS to be more responsive to people needs
-Also gives 1st State of the Nation address today Liberia’s new President Weah is on Monday due to give his first State of the Nation...