Liberia country and climate development report
This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) examines Liberia’s development trajectory through the lens of the country’s vulnerability to climate change. It identifies Liberia’s development risks
Liberia
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Global health experts accuse WHO of 'egregious failure' on Ebola
The World Health Organization's failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa's Ebola outbreak was an "egregious failure" which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health
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Ebola resurfaces in Liberia with 3 new cases
In what could be a set-back for the country, three new cases of Ebola have been reported more than two months after Liberia was declared free of the virus. Around 153 people have been placed under surveillance.
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Liberia: U.S. and Republic of Liberia Sign New U.S.$257 Million Agreement to Fight Poverty
The U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Government of Liberia today celebrated the signing of a new $257 million partnership agreement at a ceremony at the U.S. Department
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Liberia: AfDB Approves U.S.$33.3 Million Ebola Recovery Fund
The African Development Bank Group's (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors approved a US$33.3 million grant to set up a Post Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund (PERSIF) intended to support the implementation
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Kenya: Ebola Causes Impotency and Blurry Vision- Report
A study of the Ebola Natural History in Liberia has revealed that the disease's side effects include impotency, protracted period of erection, eye fatigue and blurry vision. Other effects include severe
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Liberia: Health official on Ebola natural history study research
Liberia’s Principal Investigator of the Ebola Natural History Study, Dr. Mosoka Fallah, has disclosed that though Ebola has dropped to zero, it has left behind varieties of ailments amongst survivors.Dr.
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Cambodia Sees World’s Fastest Acceleration of Forest Loss
Forest loss in Cambodia between 2001 and 2014 accelerated at a faster rate than in any other country in the world, according to new global figures based on U.S. satellite data. The annual rate at which
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Norway to complete $1 billion payment to Brazil for protecting Amazon
Norway will make a final $100-million payment to Brazil this year to complete a $1-billion project that rewards a slowdown in forest loss in the Amazon basin, Norway's Environment Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Liberia: U.S.$54 Million Sapec Project Commences
The Small holder Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Commercialization (SAPEC) project valued US$54M has commenced in Liberia. The project which is being implemented by tem INISTRY of Agriculture
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Tree loss slows, but covers area twice size of Portugal in 2014: study
The rate at which trees were cut down slowed globally for a third year in a row in 2014, but tree loss still covered an area twice the size of Portugal, an environmental research group said. Losses