Liberia

Sierra Leone, Guinea & Liberia get 6 months TPS extension

Attorney Amaha Kassa, Esq. Founder & Executive Director of African Communities Together - ACT

Leaders of Africans Campaign for TPS Renewal are ecstatic and heaving a sigh of relief over Homeland Security Secretary Mr. Jeh Johnson’s announcement Tuesday of an additional six months Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extension from May 22, 2016 to November 21, 2016 for Ebola affected countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. Current Sierra Leonean, Guinean and Liberian TPS beneficiaries who intend to extend their status must re-register in a 60 day period from March 22, 2016 through May 23, 2016, according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Publish Date: Tuesday, March 29th 2016 | Read Comments

Liberia: Big Explosion at Whein Town Dumpsite

Drainage dug by the MCC where contaminated water is flushed into some parts of the community

For several years now, residents of Whein Town Community in Paynesville, outside the nation’s capital Monrovia have complained about the unhealthy state their community is in due to the presence of the Whein Town Dump site.

Publish Date: Tuesday, March 15th 2016 | Read Comments

Liberia Civil Society WASH Network Launches Water Action Month

The Liberia Civil Society Organizations WASH Network in partnership with the British Charity, WaterAid has launched Civil Society Water Action Month in the Slum Community of Clara Town in Monrovia. It was launched Thursday, March 10, 1016 under the theme: "End Water Shortage and Governance Challenges Now". Clara Town is one of several communities in Monrovia with water and sanitation crisis.

Publish Date: Thursday, March 10th 2016 | Read Comments

Liberia identifies Traditional Healers contribution to medicine

The researchers and participants at the validation workshop

The research is an outshout of investigation of the role of Liberian Traditional Healers in the Outbreak of Ebola in the country and it was conducted by an independent, non-governmental, research-based Liberian peace building organization, Platform for Dialogue and Peace(P4DP)- an organization that is committed to making Liberia become a society based on good governance and broader civic participation.

Publish Date: Tuesday, March 8th 2016 | Read Comments