Tag: Liberia
Liberians protest over ‘corrupt economic mismanagement’
Thousands of Liberians have gathered in Liberia’s capital to protest against failures to tackle corruption, economic mismanagement, and injustice under president George Weah present regime. Riot police lined the streets of Monrovia ...Liberia: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf starts new chapter by joining @Twitter on 80th Birthday
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Joins Twitter at 80! The Former President Joins Twitter Just Days Before Her 80th Birthday Africa’s first elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, joins Twitter. The move ...This week in West Africa zero ebola cases reported
Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea, the countries most badly affected by the worst ebola outbreak in history have had zero infections recorded in the past 7 days. This is the first time ...Women who made it happen in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia #IWD2015
Here are six hard working women from Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone who turned their dreams into action and made it happen in the last year. From Sierra Leone; Edleen Elba, Memuna ...Liberia hopes that Beatrice Yardolo will be last ebola patient
Beatrice Yardolo, a woman who lost three children to ebola has just been discharged from an ebola treatment facility in Liberia. She is the last known ebola case in the country. In ...This Week: Liberia had 1 case of ebola, Sierra Leone had 63
The number of new ebola infections in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia combined this past week was 99 cases. Of those cases 63 were in Sierra Leone, where officials say there have ...Kenya to lift flight ban to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea
In August 2014, Kenya Airways cancelled all flights to Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea after the Kenyan government restricted travel to those countries because it said that the ebola threat was underestimated. ...In spite of ebola Liberia holds mid term elections
Liberians have gone to the polls to elect senators today after a court denied a petition to further delay mid term elections. The head of Liberia’s National Electoral Commission told the NYTimes ...Thanks Obama! Ebola down from 100 to 10 new cases a day in Liberia
Speaking to members of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, Liberia’s President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says Obama is to be credited for her country’s success in curbing the spread ...Mano River Union states hold conference on women’s access to energy in SierraLeone
Words & Picture by Jaime Barry Mano River Union states including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and Ivory Coast convened in Freetown to adopt a plan to increase women’s access to renewable energy. ...