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Liberia: NaFAA Begins Final 2020 Fishery Fees Collection across Fishing Communities Liberia: NaFAA Begins Final 2020 Fishery Fees Collection across Fishing Communities Share MONROVIA – A joint fisheries enforcement and compliance team has begun touring fishing communities across Liberia with the aim of ensuring the collection of the remaining 2020 license fees and at the same time creating massive awareness for the payment of the 2021 fishing license fees. The fisheries enforcement and compli...

— Stakeholders initiate gazettement process of Krahn-Bassa proposed protected area The Government of Liberia, through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and its partners, have conducted a one-day National Multi-stakeholder Information-Sharing meeting bordering on the gazettement of the Krahn-Bassa Proposed Protected Area (KBPPA). With technical support from the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF) and funding from the Great Ape Conservation Fund/USFWS, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fun...

Liberia: Constitutional Amendment Likely Impossible as Referendum Results Show Constitutional Two-thirds of Votes for Approval Unattainable Liberia: Constitutional Amendment Likely Impossible as Referendum Results Show Constitutional Two-thirds of Votes for Approval Unattainable Share MONROVIA – The December 8 Referendum has hit a dead-end – all eight propositions have failed to meet the two-thirds requirement of valid votes for each proposition from all counties, independent calculations i...

NEC reported that Rep. Koung (right) won Nimba County senate race with 37,899, which represents 36.12 percent of the votes, while his closest rival, Edith Gongloe-Weh (left), candidate of the ticket CPP obtained 34,153, which amounts to 32.55 percent of all valid votes counted. However, Gongloe-Weh has challenged the results and is demanding a re-run. — Rep. Jeremiah Koung Wins  but… By David Menjor The Collaborating Political Parties now faces increasing difficulty to make an impact on t...

Final report - Link Nutrition Causal Analysis (October 2019-March 2020): Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Rural Montserrado, Rivercess, and Sinoe Counties Format EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Bordering the Atlantic coast, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Bassa, Montserrado, Rivercess, and Sinoe Counties are among the five counties of Liberia with the highest burden of stunting in the country. Continued challenges in food security, water, hygiene and sanitation, as well as gender undermine child and maternal nutrition...

Liberia Barrier Analysis Report March 2020 Format Summary The Liberia WASH Consortium (LWC) was launched in 2007 and it quickly established itself as one of the two leaders, along with UNICEF, for addressing Liberian WASH challenges. The Consortium effectively engaged donor representatives, government officials and other NGOs in policy discussions, strategic planning, and learning events, apart from delivering improved WASH services in a complex environment. The LWC remains a key actor in the s...

Liberia: Defeated Ruling Party Candidates Dissatisfied over Results Released By The National Elections Commission; Complain to Magistrates in Their Respective Counties Liberia: Defeated Ruling Party Candidates Dissatisfied over Results Released By The National Elections Commission; Complain to Magistrates in Their Respective Counties Share MONROVIA – In the wake of vast majority of candidates from the governing Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), other political parties and independent can...

-As invalid votes overwhelm the process President George Manneh Weah’s campaign and those of his supporters in order to see eight propositions of the controversial constitutional referendum may likely suffer a massive defeat as invalid votes from provisional results from five Counties are overwhelming. The National Elections Commission (NEC) yesterday, December 15, 2020, reported that all polling places from Bong, Grand Cape Mount, Maryland, River Gee and Rivercess Counties have reported hund...

Clockwise, from left: Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence (Grand Bassa, LP), Prince Moye (Bong, UP), Jonathan Sogbe (River Gee, CPP) and Simeon Taylor (Grand Cape Mount, CPP) The Collaborating Political Parties has been projected to gain control of the Liberian Senate after winning three seats clearly with three others projected in their sight. In 2018, the CPP was in control of 13 seats in the Senate, while the ruling CDC had seven, and the remaining 10 seats were shared among independent candidates. How...