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 and opportunities, models various scenarios of climate impact and intervention, and proposes ways to strengthen resilience and finance climate actions that support Liberia’s development …
A group under Women for Land Rights in Liberia yesterday presented a petition to Lofa County Senator George T. Tengbeh, to use his influence and prevail on his colleagues to pass the 2014 version of the Draft Land Rights Bill into law. Led by Mrs. Betty K. Sharpe, the group …
The concept of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is built around low socioeconomic status (SES) and poverty as the most important social determinants [1]. Poor health is not confined to poor people, but the burden of poor health is disproportionately greater within poor communities. A combination of insufficient social programs, …
Residents of communities that would be affected by the construction of a bridge to link central Monrovia with Bali Island are proposing an early relocation package before the start of the project. Report by Edwin G. Genoway, edwin.genoway@frontpageafricaonline.com The residents claim government’s early planning of a relocation strategy will ensure …
At long last, following legislative approval on August 22, 2017, the Grebo-Krahn National Park was formally launched over the weekend in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County, before a record crowd, including citizens of River Gee, an FDA release has said. The ceremony, which was overwhelmingly graced by hundreds of concerned community …
The future of the “New Monrovia,” is one of five areas in Liberia under the Ramsar Convention that the government of Liberia is receiving funding for to protect. All Liberia has to do is to ensure that the area is never inhabited. Report by Henry Karmo, henry.karmo@frontpageafricaonline.com The Convention still …
Dr. Innousa Akintayo, Country Director of Africa Rice, an agricultural based organization has said that introducing new technologies of farming in agriculture will make Liberia a food secured nation. Africa Rice, in collaboration with Smallholder Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Commercialization Project (SAPEC), recently introduced new farming technologies meant to boost …
The aim of this study is to estimate the immediate and lasting effects of the 2014–2015 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak on public-sector primary healthcare delivery in Liberia using 7 years of comprehensive routine health information system data. Original Source
When Malaysia’s biggest plantation company Sime Darby leased 220,000 hectares of lush forest in northwest Liberia in 2009, executives said they had found a much needed new frontier in global palm oil development. Undulating hills, a tropical climate and plenty of untouched land made the West African country’s interior ideal …
Monrovia – The World Bank has provided its first development support to the new Government of Liberia headed by President George Weah with the signing of an IDA grant agreement amounting to US$24.7 million between the Bank and the Liberian Government. Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah signed …
Often ignored by policymakers and wittingly or unwittingly subjected to abuse by the public at large, wetlands are under grave threat of degradation by Liberians and foreign residents alike. The threat to wetlands is posed mainly by discarded waste, over hunting and fishing as well as the harvesting of wood …
The objective of the assessment is to analyse the agricultural and rural sector of Liberia from a gender perspective in order to identify gender inequalities in access to critical productive resources, assets, services and opportunities. In particular, the assessment identifies needs and constraints of both women and men in FAO’s …
Monrovia - Green City has certificated 100 urban youth from 10 slum communities in Montserrado County in waste management and recycling. The project, which was launched in the Buzzi Quarter Community in Monrovia, is aimed at creating a clean and healthy environment and at the same time help to providing …
The 2016 Liberia Malaria Indicator Survey (LMIS) report released yesterday by the Ministry of Health (MOH) has revealed that the infection rate still remains high despite progress being made by the government in recent years. The report, which came from the ministry’s National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) division, provides data …
Monrovia – The President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate and Chairman of the Gbarpolu County Legislative Caucus, Senator Armah Zolu Jallah, has officially initiated US$500, 000.00 road project linking White Flower-Gbalazuah in Bopolu District, Gbarpolu County. Senator Jallah, whose ceaseless ecstasy over the approximately 10km deplorable road project commencement …
Monrovia - In an effort to ensure clean environment, income and sustainability, Green Cities Incorporated, a youth-based social enterprise operating in the solid waste sector of Liberia, has launched the urban recycling project in Monrovia. The project is aimed at bringing together 10 slum communities in Monrovia, training community residents …
Monrovia - In an effort to ensure clean environment, income and sustainability, Green Cities Incorporated, a youth-based social enterprise operating in the solid waste sector of Liberia, has launched the urban recycling project in Monrovia. The project is aimed at bringing together 10 slum communities in Monrovia, training community residents …
Monrovia — The Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy (LME) and the Rural and Renewable Energy Agency of Liberia (RREA), with support from the World Bank, through the ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), has ended a day-long workshop aimed at creating awareness and sharing information on …
In an effort to ensure clean environment, income and sustainability, Green Cities Incorporated, a youth base social enterprise operating in the solid waste sector of Liberia has launched the urban recycling project in Monrovia. The urban recycling project is bringing together ten slum communities in Monrovia, training community residents on …
Monrovia — Liberians were dying in their thousands from the Ebola epidemic that plagued the country in 2014 while donor funds sent to the Liberia National Red Cross Society to fight the deadly virus were being fraudulently stolen by staffs, an investigation has confirmed. The International Federation of the Red …
As if the Ebola crisis in West Africa wasn’t tragic enough, investigators at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) now say at least USD$6 million was lost to fraud and corruption during an emergency that lasted from 2014 through 2016. As much as $2.1 million …
