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AFRICA: The art of predicting Rift Valley Fever outbreaksCAPE TOWN Tuesday, July 21, 2009 (IRIN) - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Agency (NASA) is devising remote sensing methods to monitor the environmental conditions that cause Rift Valley Fever. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Going into debt for health
DAKAR Wednesday, July 15, 2009 (IRIN) - One in four families living in the world's poorest countries borrows money or sells assets in order to afford health care, according to the most recent issue of the US medical journal "Health Affairs". (irinnews.org)
WEST AFRICA: Region responds to flood damage
DAKAR Wednesday, July 15, 2009 (IRIN) - Heavy rains have caused flooding in Benin, Liberia, Ghana and Gambia since the start of the rainy season in late June according to governments and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). (irinnews.org)
WEST AFRICA: Region still unprepared for pandemic flu
DAKAR Tuesday, July 14, 2009 (IRIN) - Should an outbreak of severe pandemic influenza occur in West Africa, most countries in the region would be armed with plans that look good on paper but are untested and underfunded, according to health experts. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Military munitions storage increasingly unstable
JOHANNESBURG Tuesday, July 14, 2009 (IRIN) - The growing number of accidental explosions in military arms and ammunition storage facilities across Africa has highlighted the need for minimum standards in stockpile management in the continent, says a South Africa-based think-tank. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Detecting stealth sleeping sickness
DAKAR Tuesday, July 14, 2009 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of people in Africa who are infected with trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, go undiagnosed because the only way to detect the deadly infection is through blood exams and a painful expensive lower back puncture, according to the Geneva-based Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). (irinnews.org)
Liberia: IMF Staff Statement at the Conclusion of PRGF Review Mission
An International Monetary Fund mission led by Mr. Christopher Lane visited Liberia October 15-28 to conduct discussions for the third review under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility arrangement that was approved in March 2008 .
(Topix.net)Liberia's president says may run in next election
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(Topix.net)Firestone in Liberia 'pollution'
An investigation by the government in Liberia has concluded that the Firestone Rubber Plantation Company has polluted local water sources.
(Topix.net)Liberia: Postal Affairs Dedicates Postal Office in Nimba
Postmaster General of the Republic of Liberia, Minister Jeremiah C. Sulunteh, at the head of a delegation comprised of key stakeholders officially dedicated a newly rehabilitated post office in Sanniquellie City, Nimba County, which also coincided with celebration of the 135th anniversary of World Post Day and held outside of Monrovia for the first ...
(Topix.net)Taylor Accuses Britain of Violating UN Arms Embargo
Charles Taylor today accused Britain of transporting arms to Sierra Leone in violation of a United Nations arms embargo on the country, and of using him as a scapegoat by falsely accusing him of responsibility for the flow of arms into the country. Mr. Taylor also denied widespread press and investigative reports that the terrorist group, Al Qaeda, traded diamonds with Sierra Leonean rebels under his supervision in Liberia. (AllAfrica)
'Monrovia Stands Still'
The opposition Liberty Party (LP) is expected to hold Monrovia and its environs at a stands till When it carry out a formal campaign rally today, November 6,2009 at the Antoinette Tubman stadium (ATS). (AllAfrica)
President Sirleaf Off to Egypt for China-Africa Cooperation Forum - Expected to Hold Talks With Chinese Premier
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, on the invitation of the Government of China, is this weekend joining a select number of African Heads of State to participate in the opening session of the fourth Ministerial Conference of a Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), scheduled to take place in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, from November 8-9. (AllAfrica)
Weah Warned
As the Montserrado County senatorial race enters its final days, more cabinet ministers have rolled their sleeves for the Unity Party's candidate, with Planning Minister and presidential confidante Amara Konneh warning George Weah to "go back to school", adding, "We are ready for you." (AllAfrica)
Urey Intervenes With Community Roads
Unity Party Senatorial aspirant Clemenceau Blayon Urey, has begun undertaking a private initiative aimed at bringing relief to residence of Montserrado through a quick impact road rehabilitation project. (AllAfrica)
Todee Residents Pledge Support to Tarpeh
Professor Wilson Tarpeh, one of the 10 candidates in the race has been assured by the people of Todee of their support to his candidacy in the Montserrado County By-elections. He was in Todee on Wednesday as part of and in continuation of the ongoing campaign which comes to an end on November 8, 2009. (AllAfrica)
Countries Establish Diplomatic Ties
The governments of the Republic of Liberia and the State of Qatar formally established diplomatic relations at the Ambassadorial level. (AllAfrica)
UP Retort - Says CDC, Others Are Making Empty Noise
The ruling Unity Party (UP) has retorted to inundating  claims that it is involved in votes buying from voters and described same as ‘baseless and unfounded, famous words often used by politicians and ordinary people to denounce and deny allegations made against them or their institutions. (AllAfrica)
Diplomat Presents Credence to Nigerian President
Liberia Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Al-Hassan Conteh presented his Letter of Credence to the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua at an elaborate ceremony held on n Tuesday, November 3, at State House in the Nigerian Capital Abuja. (AllAfrica)
Happy Birthday, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, First Elected Female President in Africa
In honor of her October 29 birthday, we look at the life and career of longtime politician and economist-in-exile Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who became the first elected female president in Africa when she won the 2006 general election in Liberia.
(Topix.net)Liberia: Firestone Guilty Of Water Pollution EPA, International Investigation Reveals
The Firestone Rubber Plantation Company, an American Company operating in Harbel Lower Margibi County 45 Kilometers away from Monrovia, has been slammed with a guilty verdict by the Environmental Protection Agency , a body responsible to oversee pollution and other health hazard related matters.
(Topix.net)Taylor Denies Ordering Execution of Rebel Commander
Charles Taylor did not order the execution of Sierra Leonean rebel commander Sam Bockarie, but rather sent his former vice president Moses Blah to arrest him on the Liberian border with Ivory Coast, the accused former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague today. (AllAfrica)
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Sends Thanksgiving Message to Liberians Everywhere
Following is the text of a message issued by H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on the occasion of Liberia's National Thanksgiving Day, November 5, 2009: (AllAfrica)
New Book Calls for Revisiting Liberia's 'Historic' Relations With United States
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right speaks as Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Washington, DC Since its independence more than 160 years ago, Liberia has often been said to have a special relationship with the United States.
(Topix.net)Liberia: Government Lacks Vision LP Charles Brumskine Says; Prescribes Steps for 2011 Transition
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has told the Liberian people and the international community at every given opportunity that Liberia is facing enormous challenges but that her administration is fighting tooth and nail to rebuild the country with the assistance of foreign economic partners and friendly governments.
(Topix.net)Africa: Refugee Summit Opens in Kampala
A Special AU summit on refugees, returnees and internally displaced peoples opens in Kampala today.
(Topix.net)Liberia: Information Minister Bropleh Suspended
The Minister of Information, Culture Affairs & Tourism, Dr. Laurence Bropleh, has been suspended by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, pending results of an ongoing investigation by the Ministry of Justice, into an alleged financial scandal at the Ministry.
(Topix.net)Liberia: Gemap Program Raises Millions As Experts End Terms At 4 Gov't Enterprises
Four state-owned enterprises and agencies are graduating from the Governance and Economic Management Assistance Program , taking over total responsibility for financial management by the end of October 2009.
(Topix.net)Liberia: Govt Protecting Citizens From Guinea Unrest
The Liberian Government has instituted "stringent security measures" to prevent spillover of the bloody unrest in neighboring, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration and naturalization Col.
(Topix.net)Chinese language class starts in Liberia's capital
A new language class is providing an opportunity for Liberians to learn Mandarin as China expands its economic presence in the West African country.
(Topix.net)Fear Or Defect
Which Is Hampering TRC Report? (AllAfrica)