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LIBERIA: As Government recruits for Clean-up Campaign…WASH Commission Declares July as Clean Up Month

Youth and Sports Minister, Zeogar Wilson

Over 300 youths have been recruited as part of government’s efforts under the Youth Employment Program to keep Monrovia, Paynesville and other places clean. The clean-up exercise is expected to get underway this Thursday in Monrovia. According to Youth and Sports Minister, Zoegar Wilson, the recruits will carry out a regular cleaning-up campaign in the collection of wastes or garbage management of Monrovia and its environs.

Tanzania: *Magufulification Lands On Ministry Of Industries, Revenue Authority*

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President of the United Republic of Tanzania, His Excellency Dr. John Pombe Magufuli once insisted that his presidency has no partner, few understood him. Yet on another occassion he reiterated his readiness to remain even with few people he started with, a dozen others understood his classical lecture. But he is a scientist and his administration employs a litany of "scientific approaches" as confirmed by the country's Spokesperson, Dr. Hassan Abbasi in a media briefing last week.

Tanzania Attains Record High Mining Revenue despite Acacia Conundrum

Magufuli with TAX

A myriad of transformational efforts by President John Magufuli of Tanzania to revamp the mining sector in a bid to make his country benefit from the mineral wealth are now paying dividend. The country introduced legal amendments, institutional reforms and initiated taskforces to renegotiate mining contracts with giants like Acacia Gold and Tanzanite One firms. The efforts, opposed by a section of mining investors, are now yielding results.

LIBERIA: WASH grass root advocacy makes impact

One of the villages benefiting From the Grass Root Advocacy in the Southeast

As a medium of creating awareness on the issues of water, sanitation and hygiene, WaterAid Liberia through its local partner, Foundation for the Empowerment of Rural Dwellers (FERD) launched a grass root advocacy on WASH in two southeastern counties, Grand Kru and River Gee. The purpose of the WASH Grass Root Advocacy is to inform beneficiaries about their rights when it comes to WASH.