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USAID Administrator announces Finalists for Humanitarian Grand Challenge

News Public TrustSeptember 26, 2018September 26, 2018

by News Public TrustSeptember 26, 2018September 26, 2018023

New additional investment will assist conflict-affected communities New York City– On Tuesday, the Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Honourable Mark...

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World Bank Review Reveals: Unchanged quality of policies in Africa

News Public TrustSeptember 12, 2018September 12, 2018

by News Public TrustSeptember 12, 2018September 12, 2018120

-and Institutional Performance WASHINGTON, September 12, 2018 – The average quality of policies and institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa was broadly unchanged in 2017, according to...

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Weah’s Ex-Coach, Arsène Wenger gets Liberia’s highest honour today

News Public TrustAugust 24, 2018August 24, 2018

by News Public TrustAugust 24, 2018August 24, 2018012

As a mark of gratitude, Liberian international football icon-turned politician, President George Manneh Weah is on Friday expected to give one of Liberia’s highest honour...

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CPJ:Google complicity in Chinese censorship could endanger press freedom elsewhere

News Public TrustAugust 20, 2018August 20, 2018

by News Public TrustAugust 20, 2018August 20, 20182 17

Google’s logo is seen outside its office in Beijing. If the company were to launch a censored news app in China, it would send a...

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5 int’l complaints filed against GVL operations in Liberia

News Public TrustAugust 18, 2018August 18, 2018

by News Public TrustAugust 18, 2018August 18, 2018041

-Indonesia’s largest palm oil company, Golden Agri Resources on the ropes Indonesian, Liberian and International NGOs have just filed five (5) new complaints against Indonesia’s largest...

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Former UN Chief and Nobel Laureate Kofi Annan Dies At 80

News Public TrustAugust 18, 2018August 18, 2018

by News Public TrustAugust 18, 2018August 18, 2018020

Source: Allafrica.com/AFP Former United Nations secretary general and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan died Saturday after a short illness at the age of 80,...

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New Liberian Medical students in Cuba sign Code of Ethics

News Public TrustAugust 18, 2018August 18, 2018

by News Public TrustAugust 18, 2018August 18, 2018051

Two young Liberians, who are benefiting from a Cuban government scholarship, have signed the ballot that accredits them as beneficiaries with the medical study scholarships...

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“Rape is becoming an entrenched culture in Liberia”-Says student leader

News Public TrustAugust 13, 2018August 13, 2018

by News Public TrustAugust 13, 2018August 13, 20182 36

-Martin K.N. Kollie calls UN Women’s attention A Liberian student activist, Mr. Martin K.N. Kollie has sent an open letter to United Nation Women, expressing...

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EU gives Liberia US$4m grant for forestry sector

News Public TrustJuly 16, 2018July 16, 2018

by News Public TrustJuly 16, 2018July 16, 2018055

-As Liberia Hold Sixth Political Dialogue to Enhance, Deepen Cooperation Monrovia: The Liberian government and the European Union signed a US$4 million grant to finance the...

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Global Innovation Index 2018: China Cracks Top 20

News Public TrustJuly 15, 2018July 15, 2018

by News Public TrustJuly 15, 2018July 15, 20182 16

Top rankings: Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, Singapore and U.S. NEW YORK– China broke into the world’s top 20 most-innovative economies as Switzerland retained its number-one spot in...