“Brand Africa” to unlock investment opportunities
UN Tourism has united its member states to focus on promoting “Brand Africa” and exploring new opportunities for growth and diversification across the region. Held within the framework of the Regional Commission for Africa, “Promoting Africa to Unlock Tourism Investments and the Sector’s Growth Potential”, brought together public and private sector leaders to identify new opportunities […]
Farmer gets relief after tumor removal
A father of three can sleep comfortably on his back for the first time in 15 years after having a massive tumor – weighing 11lb (5kg) – removed by surgical charity Mercy Ships. Malagasy builder and rice farmer Fidisoa was 38 when what appeared to be a tiny pimple on his back started to grow, […]
Liberia’s unhappy birthday
By Seltue Karweaye Liberia has an estimated population of over 5 million, which provides a rich source of skilled and unskilled labor, making it an attractive prospect for global trade. Furthermore, the country is abundant in mineral resources and possesses some of the largest mineral reserves in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its abundant resources such as […]
Bong Miners gather in Philadelphia
The Association of Bong Miners (ABM) in the Diaspora will hold its annual convention early next month in the US city of Philadelphia. The convention will be chaired by Lydia Fallah-Lloyd. Bong Mines is a former mining settlement in central Liberia. ABM is made of former residents of the community now living in the diaspora. According to […]
TECNO, UNICEF support digital learning for children
TECNO, a leading innovative technology brand, has announced a partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria to support the implementation of the Nigeria Learning Passport, a digital learning platform. In today’s world, too many children remain out of school, and many more are not learning. In Nigeria, the challenges in the field […]
Sextortion plagues teens, demands urgent action
Just hours before his untimely death, the life of 16-year-old Murray Dowey from Scotland seemed ordinary—a night of family bonding over television and plans for an upcoming holiday with friends. Little did his parents know that the following morning would shatter their world, as Murray became another casualty of the sextortion epidemic sweeping across the […]
Businessman nabbed for Sierra Leonean war crimes
A Spanish businessman living in Brazil, was on July 2 arrested in Málaga, Spain for his alleged participation in the illegal trade of so-called blood diamonds and for his alleged complicity in crimes committed during the civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone between 1991 and 2002. The Audiencia Nacional, the Spanish High Court that has jurisdiction over international crimes, sought the arrest […]
Liberia’s legislative projects: The plunder continues?
By Seltue Karweaye The people of Liberia have been severely impacted by lawmakers’ excessive greed. The country’s legislative budget has swelled from US$9.4 million in 2006 to an alarming US$67.9 million in 2023. Shockingly, the approved 2024 budget is not accessible to the public, leaving us in the dark about the allocations to the national […]
Liberia: Nutrition project to be scaled up
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved an additional $10 million from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) to implement activities and scale up the impact of the Smallholder Agriculture Development for Food and Nutrition Security project in Liberia. The project aims to improve food and nutrition security and […]
US$2 billion to manufacture pharmaceutical products
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Africa Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have renewed their partnership with a new cooperation agreement announced today on the sidelines of the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris, France. Through this collaboration, Afreximbank has committed a US$ 2 billion facility to the “Africa Health […]
