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World Bank Official In Liberia Says: “Development Does Not Only Depend On Building Roads”

News Public TrustJune 22, 2021June 22, 2021

by News Public TrustJune 22, 2021June 22, 20212 121

As The Bank And Liberian Gov’t Sign US$117M Agreement For Saclepea To Toe Town Road PHOTO: World Bank Country Manager Khwima Nthara Monrovia-“Development does not...

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World Bank And AU Team Up To Support Rapid Vaccination For Up To 400M People

News Public TrustJune 21, 2021June 21, 2021

by News Public TrustJune 21, 2021June 21, 2021080

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

News Public TrustJune 21, 2021June 21, 2021

by News Public TrustJune 21, 2021June 21, 2021097

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...

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Landmark Swiss Conviction For Liberia’s Wartime Atrocities

News Public TrustJune 18, 2021June 18, 2021

by News Public TrustJune 18, 2021June 18, 20210119

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...

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Liberia Gets Another World Bank Financing, With US$40M Budget Support

News Public TrustJune 18, 2021June 18, 2021

by News Public TrustJune 18, 2021June 18, 2021084

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...

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Hearing On Liberia War & Econ. Crimes Court Begins In US Congress Next Monday

News Public TrustJune 18, 2021June 18, 2021

by News Public TrustJune 18, 2021June 18, 2021068

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...

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US Gov’t Spent $3M On Developing Liberia Coast Guard Since Reactivation

News Public TrustJune 18, 2021June 18, 2021

by News Public TrustJune 18, 2021June 18, 2021058

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...

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WHO On New COVID-19 Surge In Africa

News Public TrustJune 17, 2021June 17, 2021

by News Public TrustJune 17, 2021June 17, 2021053

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...

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US Diplomat Tells Liberian Children: ‘Petition Your Lawmakers To Address Your Problems’

News Public TrustJune 17, 2021June 17, 2021

by News Public TrustJune 17, 2021June 17, 2021069

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...

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CPJ Highlights Risks For Journalists Who Flee

News Public TrustJune 17, 2021

by News Public TrustJune 17, 2021057

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...