World Bank: If countries act now, children born today could be healthier
-And wealthier, more productive BALI, Indonesia -A New World Bank Human Capital Index measures how much countries lose in economic productivity by under-investing in their...
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Another Liberian-born American runs for Mayor in a US City
-Mike Elliott left Liberia in 1994 @ age 11 By Frank Sainworla, Jr in Minnesota, USA fsainworla@yahoo.com A Liberian-born American, Mike Elliott is in November...
A Minnesota City in US to boost Sister City ties with Voinjama
By Frank Sainworla, Jr. in Minnesota, USA fsainworla@yahoo.com Brooklyn Center- The Mayor of Brooklyn Center in the US state of Minnesota, Tim Wilson has said...
Press Behind Bars event highlights Journalists jailed around the world
Barrister Amal Clooney speaks during the Press Behind Bars event at the U.N. General Assembly on September 28. CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon and Reuters...
USAID Administrator announces Finalists for Humanitarian Grand Challenge
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...
World Bank Review Reveals: Unchanged quality of policies in Africa
-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...
Weah’s Ex-Coach, Arsène Wenger gets Liberia’s highest honour today
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...
CPJ:Google complicity in Chinese censorship could endanger press freedom elsewhere
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...
5 int’l complaints filed against GVL operations in Liberia
-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...
Former UN Chief and Nobel Laureate Kofi Annan Dies At 80
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,...