Source: MSNBC
ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria won't host the U.S. military's new Africa-wide military command, taking Africa's most-populous nation and a top source of American oil imports out of contention.
I'm in the middle of my second week in Liberia and the excitement of going on an adventure has worn off. It's hot and humid, and there's no reliable running water. I've stood under a running shower only twice in the last eleven days, and for only 3-4 minutes each time.
"Praise God, thank you Jesus," he said when we got into the car. "Praise God, thank you Jesus," he said again when he stopped the car and got out.
I grew up seeing images of starving children in Africa on t.v. I'm bombarded with them all the time by the media. The images of a world so different than mine have always been interesting, but never engaging.
Source: allafrica.com
Liberia, slowly rebuilding from 14 years of war, has a poor, largely unemployed population and a devastated infrastructure. And it is confronting the question in this post-conflict setting of how to sustain the health sector - user fees or some other mechanism.
Source: Inner City Press
At the UN on Tuesday, the International Labor Organization unveiled a study about productivity. What, though, of the UN's own respect for labor rights? Last month the national staff of the UN Mission in the Congo, MONUC, went on strike.
Source: BBC News
Liberia has banned students from wearing artificial hair extensions such as weaves or attachments at school. Education Minister Joseph Korto told the BBC it was a way of "instilling moral discipline in our young people".
Source: newsblaze.com
Liberian election officials have taken an important step toward administering credible elections. In June 2007, the U.S.-based nongovernmental organization IFES hosted intensive trainings in Liberia to introduce the country's election officials to an innovative curriculum called …
Source: gcaptain.com
It is well know that our Nation's Merchant Ships gave us the supplies needed to win WWII but with 33,222 merchant ships in the world today how many do you think fly the American Flag? You'd be surprised by the answer this Visualization clearly shows.
Source: geo.gm
Alleged child rapists are paying their way out of jail while court officials and police officers demand bribes and kickbacks from the families of child rape victims who want to see their attackers arrested and prosecuted, according to a UN report.
Source: BBC News
The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, is due to go on trial for war crimes in The Hague on Monday. He has been accused of supporting rebels in Sierra Leone, who conducted an 11-year campaign in which thousands of civilians were killed or maimed.
Source: The Analyst Newspaper
The Naragansett Boy Scout Council based in the United States of America has donated scouting materials valued at US$15,000 to the Liberia Scout Association.
Source: BBC News
Liberia's largest cemetery has been closed by the president because it is being used as a criminal hide-out. It has become a favourite haunt for Monrovia's underworld after makeshift structures in the capital's slums were demolished and squatters evicted.
Source: sundayherald.com
A year after electing Africa's first female president, things may be looking up for this war-torn nation founded by former slaves.
Source: BBC News
Chinese leader to make 12-day tour to Cameroon, Liberia, Zambia, Namibia, Mozambique and Seychelles.
Source: BBC News
In Liberia, the first African nation to elect a female president, an all-women unit of peacekeepers has arrived from India. Perhaps that's exactly what we need all over the place.
Source: BBC News
The group of more than 100 police women from India will stay in Liberia for six months, helping to train the local police force. They will also carry out security duties in forthcoming local elections.
Source: BBC News
The first all-female unit of United Nations peacekeepers has arrived in Liberia's capital, Monrovia. The group of more than 100 police women from India will stay in Liberia for six months, helping to train the local police force.
Source: The Washington Post
From the article: NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- A clear vial filled with amber fluid rests on scientist Ilya Raskin's desk, glinting in the autumn sunlight streaming through his office window.
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Africa's best and brightest have long flocked to rich countries for opportunities unavailable at home. Brain drain costs the continent millions of dollars per year, depriving it of thousands of sorely needed professionals.
Source: BBC News
This is a very important event during a very pivotal time for this country as they move towards growth and healing.
Source: Raw Story
Sudan, with its tormented Darfur region, leads a pack of 40 countries facing food emergencies worldwide, according to a report Monday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Source: The New York Times
From the Article: MONROVIA, Liberia — In a country where wheelbarrows fill in for pickup trucks, water is carried on little girls' heads instead of in pipes and gallon-size jars replace gas pumps, it is perhaps no wonder that a battered blackboard serves as newspaper and news …
Source: The New York Times
Liberia on Monday began training the first soldiers of a post-war army that officials hope will grow into a small but effective force to take over peacekeeping from U.N.
Source: Independent.co.uk
From the page: -- Charles Taylor, the war crimes suspect and former president of Liberia, used his court appearance yesterday to complain about "draconian" conditions and unappetising European food in the Netherlands prison in which he is being held. --