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23 Sep 2019 ROME, Italy

41 Countries Need External Assistance For Food

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) has reported that there are 41 countries that continue to require some external assistance to meet food requirements. Conflicts act as the primary cause of food insecurity, with adverse weather conditions also acutely affecting food availability according to the agency...

14 Nov 2018 Paris

Two Thirds Of African Cities Face Extreme Climate Risk

Rapid population growth and poor infrastructure have put two out of three cities in Africa at “extreme risk” of the threats posed by climate change, according to a new analysis. Study focuses on Bangui in the Central African Republic, Liberia’s capital Monrovia and the Congolese city of Mbuji-Mayi as three most at-risk cities.

16 Nov 2017 Washington, DC

US Announces “Global Water Strategy”. Does Your Country Get a Mention? What, no Pakistan? No Yemen?

The aid agency of the USA has released a strategy document regarding the country’s vision of a “more water-secure world…where people and nations have the water they need to be healthy, prosperous, and resilient”.Full text of the Global Water Strategy can be found here.USAID and the US State Department (the aid body’s parent organization)’s document announces that the US government will work with partner countries and key stakeholders to achieve four interrelated objectives:Increasing access to sustainable safe drinking water and sanitation services, and promoting hygiene;Protecting freshwater resources;Promoting cooperation on shared waters;Strengthening water governance and financing...

3 Jun 2016 ROME, Italy

Drought, Conflicts Leave More Countries in Need of Food Aid: FAO

El Niño-induced droughts and conflict have raised the number of countries in need of external food assistance to 37 as of June 1st, according to the latest edition of the Crop Prospects and Food Situation report, put out this week by the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...

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10 Mar 2016 ROME, Italy

Drought, Floods, Conflict Leave 34 Countries in Need of Food Assistance: FAO

Drought, floods and civil conflicts have left 34 countries -- 27 of them in Africa and the rest in Asia -- in need of food assistance, according to a new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).The March 2016 Crop Prospects and Food Situation report, produced by the FAO’s Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) and released this week, finds that drought associated with the El Niño weather phenomenon has “sharply reduced” 2016 crop production prospects in Southern Africa, as well as lowering estimates for harvests on the northern part of the continent...

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28 Jul 2015 NICOYA, Costa Rica

Costa Rica Prioritizes $50 Million Water Infrastructure Plan in Guanacaste

The Costa Rican government will prioritize a $50 million USD plan to improve water infrastructure and provide drought relief in Guanacaste Province as a matter of “national interest,” President Luis Guillermo Solís announced during his trip to the Nicoya peninsula in Guanacaste last weekend.The “Integral Water Supply Program for Guanacaste” includes 12 projects that are expected to improve water supply in the Tempisque River basin and coastal communities in the province...

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6 Aug 2014 MONROVIA

Alleged Contamination of Hand Pumps Raises Tensions in Liberia

Serious tension mounted yesterday at the New Georgia Junction when some residents alleged that their hand pumps have been contaminated with some strange chemicals by unknown individuals. The news of the alleged contamination or poisoning of the three wells at the New Georgia Junction led to serious commotion when some angry residents mostly youths including women set up road blocks on the Somalia Drive thus, preventing vehicles from plying the road for several hours...

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6 May 2014 MONROVIA

WASH Donors Disappointed With Liberian Government

Amidst gains that the Liberian Government says it has made in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector of the country, donors in the sector say they are disappointed in government for not prioritizing water and sanitation for all. The donors disclosed that government has poorly performed in prioritizing issues of WASH in the National Budget...

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18 Apr 2014 MONROVIA

Liberian Utility Employees Protest Over Salary Issues

It took the intervention of officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP) to bring a under control a demonstration staged by some aggrieved employees of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC). The entity erupted into edginess on Monday April 14 when group of employees poured out of their offices in a protest to demand salary increment including retroactive and other benefits...

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7 Oct 2013 MONROVIA

Liberia's WASH R&E Launches Investigation into $2.2 Million

The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia (WASH R&E) says it has launched an investigation into the 2012/2013 WASH Budget in the amount of $2.2 million USD. The investigation was inspired by reports that the government of Liberia had apportioned $1.5 million USD  in the National Budget but the money was not used despite repeated calls for support to the WASH Sector of Liberia...

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12 Aug 2013 MONROVIA

Corruption Undermines Liberia's Water Sector

A week-long integrity training for stakeholders in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector--said to be rocked by rampant corruption--kicked off in Monrovia last week, bringing together about 30 participants from Gambia, Liberia and Nigeria. The Regional Water Integrity Capacity Building Program in Sub-Saharan Africa is sponsored by the Water Integrity Network and ECOWAS' Water Resource Coordination Center (WRC) among other international partners...

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