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 …
The African Development Bank through the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has endorsed a $23.25 million grant to help transform Liberia’s renewable energy sector. The funds will be used to develop a 9.8MW hydropower plant at Gbedin Falls on the Mano River in Nimba County, providing a low-cost, sustainable and reliable …
A Financing Agreement Law to improve the country’s economy and social conditions was yesterday ratified by the Liberian Senate and the House of Representatives. The law also aims to help the government realize its objectives in the implementation of the Economic Stabilization Recovery Plan that was adopted after the Ebola …
Washington - The World Bank has approved supplemental financing of US$16.36 million for the Third Poverty Reduction Support Development Policy Operation (PRSDPO-lll) for Liberia. This operation will help respond quickly to the country’s urgent needs generated by the twin shocks of the Ebola and the sustained slump in global commodity …
Monrovia – Invasion by wildlife in some quarters across Liberia is becoming a serious concern to citizens as a result of major obstructions caused by these wildlife. Report by Willie N. Tokpah - willie.tokpah@frontpageafricaonline.com The invasions are becoming a serious concern to the Forestry Development Authority, too. Recently, there were …
MercyCrops Liberia has launched a renewable energy fair in Ganta, Nimba County, bringing together cross section of citizens. The Light UP Liberia project is being funded by the European Union under the theme: Awakening the Market for Renewable Energy. The project involves facilitating the distribution of solar light and clean …
More medical training and equipment mean Liberia's medical services have improved since the 2014 Ebola outbreak killed over 4,800 people in the country As a result, triage and isolation facilities in a hospital in Sinoe county helped contain a meningococcal outbreak in May 2017 The World Bank is one of …
Contact tracing is one of the key response actions necessary for controlling spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Contact tracing is comprised of several different activities: identification of persons who have been in contact with confirmed EVD cases, close monitoring contacts for EVD symptoms, and management of symptomatic persons. Closely …
National Public Health Institute Director, Tolbert Nyensuah, says the outbreak of the [meningococcal] disease in Liberia "is most likely over right now", encouraging people to go about their normal businesses. "What I can safely say and confidently is that there is no known transmission of this disease ongoing right now, …
The 16th edition of the African Economic Outlook highlights the fact that Africa’s economic performance is reflecting the perils of the global economy. The region’s real GDP growth slowed down to 2.2% in 2016, mainly due to the continued fall in commodity prices and weak global economic growth. East Africa …
Mrs. Moore poses with invited representatives and other ActionAid officials shortly after the project was launched ActionAid-Liberia (AAL) in partnership with the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) and Foundation Community Initiatives (FCI) on Thursday, May 18, launched the Forestry Governance and Management Project. The project is entitled, “Promoting Women and Community …
MONROVIA – When Liberia signed a series of contracts with international palm oil producers in the years after its protracted civil war, the news was greeted by some as a welcome sign of national renewal. Despite criticism voiced by local and international advocacy groups that the massive deals amounted to …
Liberia's Governance Commission (GC) Chairman, Dr. Amos C. Sawyer on Saturday, 6 May 2017 officially launched the Country's first ever Wildlife Sanctuary. The facility which is located at Libassa Ecolodge, Marshall in Lower Margibi County is intended to preserve the country's wildlife species locally eaten as bush meat and taken …
Medical samples from four of the victims of a disease in Liberia that initially baffled scientists have tested positive for a type of meningitis, the minister of health said on Monday. So far a total of 31 cases of the so-called mystery illness have been reported, including 13 deaths in …
Evidence suggests a mysterious illness that has killed 12 people in Liberia is linked to food or drink poisoning and is not a viral infection, the UN said Friday, while confirming three new cases. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that as of Wednesday, May 3, the number of patients …
Several communities that once lined Liberia’s coast are now under the Atlantic Ocean and the country risks losing more communities, infrastructures and key landmarks to the sea, if nothing is immediately done to curb sea erosion. Except for a few coastal communities occupied by some of the country’s elites, most …
More people have died following the outbreak of a mysterious illness that began in southeastern Liberia but has spread to the capital, with 12 unexplained deaths so far, health authorities told AFP Tuesday. Liberia’s health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) both confirmed the revised death toll, while minister …
In West Africa, the government of Liberia and the International Development Association (IDA) signed a $2 million loan agreement in Monrovia on Tuesday. Loan agreement to boost renewables The loan will be put towards Liberia’s Renewable Energy Access Project (LIRENAP), which will increase access to electricity and foster the use …
Monrovia – A strange infectious disease which broke out in five communities in Greenville, Sinoe County, has killed at least nine persons, while eight are undergoing treatment. Report by Lennart Dodoo - ldodoo@frontpageafricaonline.com The Ministry of Health has ruled out Ebola. The sudden deaths occurred Tuesday morning, amid speculations that …
Watta Nagbe sits under a thatched hut cooking cassava leaf. A bamboo drier hangs from the hut’s blackened attic her kitchen on top of a hearth. She stirs and stirs again, and at the same time gives instructions to a few men building a hut nearby. The men pay keen …
Monrovia - Foreign Affairs Minister Marjon Kamara has encouraged adolescent girls to make use of opportunities, adding that issues of women and girls empowerment is close to her heart. Report by Bettie K. Johnson Mbayo, bettie.mbayo@frontpageafricaonline.com She spoke at the launch of a project aimed at benefitting 2,000 adolescent girls …
