World Bank And AU Team Up To Support Rapid Vaccination For Up To 400M People
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2021—The African Finance Ministers and the World Bank Group met today to fast track vaccine acquisition on the continent and avoid a...
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Merck Foundation & First Ladies Recognized Winners Of “More Than A Mother” Fashion Awards
Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, announced the winners of Merck Foundation More Than a Mother FASHION AWARDS 2020 from Ghana, Namibia...
Landmark Swiss Conviction For Liberia’s Wartime Atrocities
Geneva, June 18, 2021 – The conviction of a former Liberian rebel leader by a Swiss court for war crimes during Liberia’s first civil war...
Liberia Gets Another World Bank Financing, With US$40M Budget Support
PHOTO: L-R World Bank’s Board, Bank’s President David Malpass WASHINGTON – The World Bank Board on Thursday approved the second in a series of three single-tranche...
Hearing On Liberia War & Econ. Crimes Court Begins In US Congress Next Monday
FLASHBACK: :marauding bands of rebels during the Liberian civil war By Our Staff Writer American officials have stepped up their interest in seeing a war...
US Gov’t Spent $3M On Developing Liberia Coast Guard Since Reactivation
PHOTO: Amb. McCarthy and Defense officials at the presentation ceremony By Augustine Octavius, augustineoctavius@gmail.com The United States government has spent over three million US dollars...
WHO On New COVID-19 Surge In Africa
Brazzaville, 17 June 2021 – COVID-19 cases in Africa are surging by over 20% week-on-week as the continent’s third wave gains pace and nears the first...
US Diplomat Tells Liberian Children: ‘Petition Your Lawmakers To Address Your Problems’
PHOTO: US diplomat Alyson Grunder By Augustine Octavius, augustineoctavius@gmail.com The Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy has called on young children to...
CPJ Highlights Risks For Journalists Who Flee
Activists condemn violence and attempts to kidnap Pakistani journalists, in Karachi, Pakistan, on January 12, 2018. (AP/Fareed Khan) New York, June 17, 2021– The Committee...
WHO Says Blood Donation Rate Falls In Africa, Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Brazzaville, 14 June 2021 – Blood donation has fallen by 17% in the African region in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused widespread...