COVID-19: 50 Million People Threatened By Hunger In West Africa
PRESS RELEASE Published: 21st April 2020 According to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the impact of the coronavirus pandemic could increase the...
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Ventilator Produced In Liberia, AS COVID-19 Deaths Rise
By George Y. Sharpe,gy.sharpe@yahoo.com +231886580377 Monrovia- As Liberia Coronavirus cases rise to at least 120, with the death toll close to a dozen, a ventilator...
COVID-19 Threatens Immunization Gains, As WHO Says Africa Vaccination Week 2020 kicks off
Brazzaville, Congo – This year’s Africa Vaccination Week starts today as the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant disruption to vaccination efforts and to the surveillance of...
World Bank Predicts Sharpest Decline of Remittances in Recent History
PHOTO: David Malpass World Bank President WASHINGTON- Global remittances are projected to decline sharply by about 20 percent in 2020 due to the economic crisis...
At The UN: Amb. Kemayah Pleads For Support To Liberia’s COVID-19 Response
New York –Liberia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr. has pleaded with the International Community...
Amidst COVID-19, UNDP Restores Electricity To Grand Bassa County’s Largest Hospital
Monrovia, Liberia- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Liberia has restored electricity at Grand Bassa’s largest hospital, after installing solar panels at the Government...
ALJA Applauds Liberian Gov’t COVID-19 Relief Package, But…
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA- The Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) says it welcomes the Liberian government’s recently adopted Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) relief...
Fighting COVID-19 Is A Battle For Human Rights
Eamon Gilmore, European Union Special Representative for Human Rights The Covid-19 crisis is a human rights issue, one of the most global and urgent we...
FAJ Calls For Heightened Protection For Frontline Journalists, Amid COVID-19 Tragedy
-And improvement of their conditions of work The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Pan-African regional organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), salutes...
EU Rolls Out €15.6 Bn. Plan To Help Partner Countries Tackle COVID-19
By William Selmah, wselmah@gmail.com The European Commission and the High Representative has rolled out what it says is a robust and targeted EU response to...