COVID-19 Drives Sub-Saharan Africa Toward First Recession in 25 Years
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2020-Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been significantly impacted by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and is forecast to fall sharply from 2.4% in...
Category : Liberian News
“Join The Fight Against Unscrupulous Businesses Practices”
–Commerce Ministry urges Press Release: The Consumer Education and Protection Unit at the Commerce Ministry is calling on the public to join the fight against...
Medicare-For-All, Coronavirus And The Folly Of Unilateralism
NEW THINKING—With Joe Bartuah Due to the intricacies of public policy issues and the obvious susceptibility of some of those issues to be subjected to...
German Philanthropist Pledges Support To Health, Education & Women Projects In Lofa
By Edwin M. Fayia, III, Fayiaedwin@gmail.com A Prominent German statistician and philanthropist Rudolf Janke has pledged and reiterated a long term support to two primary...
Lockdown Without Economic Stimulus: Human Rights Implications
By William Selmah, wselmah@gmail.com President George Weah has declared a state of emergency under which the entire country will be locked down for three weeks,...
In Southeast Liberia: Tubman University Joins Fight Against COVID-19
By Charles Gbayor, maorethason1997@gmail.com HARPER, Liberia- The Tubman University (TU) in southeastern Liberia has joined the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. Since the virus hit...
More Than 100% Rise In Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In Liberia: From 13-31 Cases
The number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus is rising high in Liberia, with the latest figure posted by the National Public Health Institute (NPHIL) putting...
Weah Declares 3 Weeks State Of Emergency, Stay Home But No Pay For Civil Servants
Exercising his powers under Article 87 of the Liberian Constitution, President Geroge Manneh Weah on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 announced the state of emergency as...
Weah Addresses Nation Later Today, Appoints Mary Broh To Coordinate COVID-19 Response
Liberian President George Manneh Weah is expected to give his second address to the nation, in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic later today (Wednesday,...
4 CSOs Urge Gov’t: Build On Existing Structures, Be Accountable In Fighting COVID-19
By Augustine Octavius, augustineoctavius@gmail.com Four leading pro democracy civil society organizations have called on the Liberian government to build on existing structures and resources used...