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News Briefs for April 24, 2015 – Liberia In Progress

News about Liberia from different sources - Liberia In Progress: Liberian Female Lonestar Team qualifies for the 2nd phase of the qualifying rounds of 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s Championship; UNAIDS sponsored HIV media Guide for Liberian Journalists launched; Liberia’s Ministry of Defense calls on the European Union for non-lethal support to Liberia’s security sector, as UNMIL effects

News Briefs for April 23, 2015 – Liberian Affairs

News about Liberia from different sources – Liberian Affairs– Liberia signs US$20M Loan for RIA’s rehabilitation; Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation threatens to cut water supply to the Capitol; Liberian Ministry of Labor is reviewing the process of granting work permits to non-Liberians; Divorced Clergy barred from nomination as bishop in Liberia; Second Batch of Liberian girls due

News Briefs for April 21, 2015 – Liberian Progress

News about Liberia from different sources - Liberian Progress : World Bank grants $650 million to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone for Ebola recovery in the next few months; World Council of Credit Unions partners with the Liberian Credit Union National Association to rebuild the credit union sector devastated from 15 years of civil war; Street Child Supports 1,500 Back to School; Football

News Briefs for April 15, 2015 – Liberian Development

News about Liberia from different sources – Liberia’s first industrial rice processing facility inaugurated; Liberia’s first commercial gold mine opens in May 2015; In factory explosion incident Liberian Gov’t fines LAC US$100,000 for ‘negligence’; Agreement signed to develop small hydroelectric plant in Liberia; Liberia loses US$12million annually to illegal fishing; Can Liberia Qualify for 2017 African

News Briefs for April 13, 2015 – Progress

News about Liberia from different sources – Liberian Development:15 Liberians Chosen for the MWF 2015; WAEC gets first woman chair, Liberian Evelyn S. Kandakai; Germany promises more support to Liberia post Ebola recovery plan; Liberian government has adopted plan for the transition of the departure of the United Nations Mission;Rebuilding Ebola-Hit Economy Focus of World Bank Spring Event; “American Warlord: A True Story” (Alfred A. Knopf), by Johnny Dwyer follows Chucky Taylor from US to Liberia, and more.

News Briefs for March 22, 2015 – Liberia Moves Forward

News about Liberia from different sources -Liberia moves forward: a call for a revitalized Liberian security sector, an initiative to improve telecommunications in Liberia, Japan aids Liberia, lawmaker pays Ebola orphan fees in Lofa, an update on the death of Attorney Michael Allison, and more .  A total of 100 youth across Montserrado County are gearing up to

News Briefs for March 19, 2015 – New Efforts in Liberia

News about Liberia from different sources –  New Efforts in Liberia: launching of five year plan to combat human trafficking, anticipated Liberian government and WAE collaboration focuses on stimulating the Liberian economy, Ebola prevents the repatriation of about 38,000 Ivorian refugees and more..  The Minister of Labor, Cllr. F. Juah Lawson, has announced the launch

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