In Liberia, information is power; traditionally this power has been concentrated among a few. Increasingly, Liberian citizens and organizations are seeking access to information and to platforms that allow them to share their experiences within and beyond Liberia.
The founders of iLab Liberia recognized this growing interest and simultaneous...Read More
WFP has been hosting music artist Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson during his trip this week to Somalia and Kenya, where he was able to see at first hand the fight against hunger in the Horn of Africa.
Jackson flew to Dolow in Somalia’s southern border region on Wednesday. Dolow...Read More
Addis Ababa, 25 August 2011 –African Union (AU) leaders gathered at the first ever AU Pledging Conference and made pledges of more than US$350 million dollars toward the relief effort assisting the millions of people in crisis due to the extreme drought and famine conditions in the Horn of Africa. Chairperson of the...Read More
On Tuesday, the Bob Marley estate, Simon Fuller, and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell globally released a new video for Bob Marley & The Wailers’ 1973 song “High Tide Or Low Tide.” The video documents the East Africa Crisis that is affecting more than 9 million people dying of starvation.
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An orphaned girl finds the love of Christ at a home for women who have been abused. "I will never go back to the girl I used to be,” 22-year-old Awiti said. “The way I used to live, how I would struggle...Read More
Ikal Angelei, the founder of Friends of Lake Turkana in Kenya, receives the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in San Francisco (April 16, 2012). The award...Read More
Mali's Dioncounda Traore was sworn in as interim president of the West African country on Thursday after leaders of a March 22 coup agreed to...Read More
The long awaited verdict to determine the guilt or innocence of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor will be delivered at 11:00 AM on April 26,...Read More