New IPU report shows well-designed quotas lead to significantly more women MPs
According to the IPU’s yearly analysis, the share of women in national parliaments increased by nearly one percentage point last year, from 23.4 per cent in...
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RSF decries a clear desire to silence critics in Liberia
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns an attack on Monrovia-based Joy FM, which was the third attack in the past few weeks on a privately-owned radio...
Liberia: Foreign Govt’s ‘Meddling’ in Independent Media: The case with my “Chinese Story”
ABOVE: Chinese Medical Team at Liberia’s premier public health center (JFK Medical Center), December 21, 2018). Front row (left-right): Liu Li (Ultrasound doctor), Yu Chunmei...
European Union says Liberia NOT Listed on ‘EU Blacklist’
MONROVIA–The European Union Delegation to Liberia clarifies that Liberia is NOT listed on the 2018 Common EU list of Third Country Jurisdiction for Tax Purposes, an EU press...
UN, AU and ECOWAS warn Liberians against derailing the peace
“…This is a time that all Liberians need to come together to ensure that the hard won peace is sustained and a greater focus on...
UN: A Comparison of Technologies that Remove Arsenic from Groundwater
At least 140 million people in 50 countries have been drinking watercontaining arsenic at levels above the World Health Organization guideline A United Nations...
United Nations, World Economic forum and partners unite to address E-Waste
United Nations, World Economic forum and partners unite to address E-Waste Technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution show a huge potential and could lead to “dematerialization”,...
CPJ concerned about US detention of Iranian TV journalist
American-born news anchor Marzieh Hashemi seen at a television studio in Tehran, Iran. She was detained in the U.S. on January 13, 2018. (Press TV...
RSF condemns raids by Nigerian military on leading daily
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the Nigerian army’s raids on the Daily Trust newspaper and arrests of two of its journalists in response...
World Bank expresses optimism about Liberia new Southeastern Road Project
-Says it is to Advance Economic Development and Transformation amidst US$29M financing WASHINGTON – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved an International...