Christal Da Thong The death toll from Ebola continues to rise, with the number now at nearly 5,000. But the untold story behind the headlines is of those left behind – those who have survived the...
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Australian humanitarian agencies issue joint call to action on Ebola
As the unprecedented Ebola outbreak in West Africa worsens, leaders of Australian humanitarian agencies have issued a joint call to action for the Australian government. “The world is fast...
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Ebola outbreak: ActionAid warns of food crisis on top of Ebola crisis in West Africa
As the World Bank warns that Ebola could cost billions of dollars, ActionAid says the human cost of an economic crisis is families going hungry. ActionAid’s Head of Humanitarian Response, Mike Noyes,...
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Sex, choice and control: the reality of family planning for women and girls today
Executive summary Reproductive choice and women’s empowerment To choose when and whether she has children is a fundamental right belonging to all the world’s women. Despite this, even conservative...
Female empowerment in Kilepo Kanweaken
The role of women in the mining community of Kilepo Kanweaken, one of the most violent areas in the Southeast of Liberia, has risen dramatically thanks to the work of ActionAid. The Access to Justice...
Liberia: UNMIL - International engagement in addressing violence against women
Recommendations for change Foreword From 1989-2003, Liberia experienced a horrendous armed conflict. During the conflict, women bore much of the brunt of the violence, with sexual abuse, rape and...
ActionAid joins Liberians looking forward to a peaceful, democratic future
As Liberians voted today in the final round of the country's first democratic election after 14 years of conflict, ActionAid called on the new government and the international community to continue...
ActionAid says Liberia sanctions should continue
ActionAid has called on the United Nations Security Council to continue the international ban on diamond and timber exports from Liberia. Diamonds and timber fuelled the conflict in Liberia which...
ActionAid brings peace-building experience to reconstruction of Liberia
The work of reconstructing a peaceful, democratic Liberia begins in earnest tomorrow (14 October) with the inauguration of the transitional government under Gyude Bryant. ActionAid will work with the...
Liberia situation update 29 Aug 2003
There has been renewed fighting in many parts of Liberia this week, as government and rebel fighters ignore the ceasefire agreed on 18 August. The fighting to the north and north-east of the capital,...
ActionAid welcomes UN-authorised force in Liberia
ActionAid has welcomed the deployment of a UN-authorised multinational force in Liberia and expressed its support for the continuing peace talks in Ghana. It has urged donor governments to back the...
Liberia: Urgent intervention needed to prevent "another Rwanda"
ActionAid has today demanded urgent intervention in Liberia by the international community, to create safe havens where civilians are protected from persecution and killing. ActionAid's chief...
A peace process for Liberia
The people of Liberia are facing continuing conflict. Their hopes for peace following the 1997 elections have not been met; there has been escalating fighting in the country since 1999. Now there are...
Liberia: Forgotten conflict where the US could help bring peace
ActionAid has today called for the international community to intervene in the renewed conflict between Liberian government forces and LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) rebels...
Liberia humanitarian update
by Daniel Waritay, ActionAid Liberia The emergency situation in Liberia is still alarming and extensive thus initiating serious socio-economic problems not only for the Internally Displaced People...
Staff death in Liberia: statement from ActionAid
International development charity ActionAid regret to announce the sad news of the death of Todga Momoh, who had been working with ActionAid in Liberia since the beginning of 2001. Todga died on 7...