Liberia’s President, and Goodwill Ambassador for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Africa, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has held the first National Water Resource Sanitation Board Meeting, after some delays.
Freeport community on the Bushrod Island has always experienced flooding thus creating unbearable conditions for residents, pedestrians and motorists. Some residents attribute the flooding to the poor manner in which drainages in the area were constructed, others blamed it on the construction of houses on the waterways, while some believe that the throwing of garbage in drainages is responsible for the flooding.
- President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is expected this Friday, June 19, 2015 to officially chair the first sitting of the National Water Resource Sanitation Board. The Board Meeting will be held in the Cabinet Room of the Executive Mansion, bringing together 13 Cabinet Ministers, including WASH Sector Ministers from line Ministries.
With research findings[1] showing the significant shift in the role of men in parenting, Hot Wheels celebrates the important part dads play in their children’s lives this Father’s Day. The new campaign reminds dads of their childhood, celebrates their connection with their children and champions the value of playing together.
A couple of weeks or so ago Reverend Kabs Kanu’s Cocorioko published a cover picture of some random, recycled internet image of a presumably African woman, her arms flailing and she is screaming in either horrific pain or terror or both. Her bottom half is cut off from sight so we don’t know what is going on – is she giving birth? No. The sensational headlines invite the spectator to conclude that she is a victim of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), allegedly the greatest crime against girls and women in Africa and beyond. While Cocorioko, a Sierra Leonean owned pro-government online newspaper, ....