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The Ebola Opportunity
This article was originally published by Global Policy Journal. By Blair Glencorse and Ashoka Mukpo “A few weeks ago there were plenty of cases” says Mohammed, a trader from a bustling market neighborhood of Monrovia, “but now Ebola- it has dropped”. In Liberia, the country hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak, there are now hopeful…
Read MoreLiberia’s Daily Talk: All The News That Fits On A Blackboard
This post was originally published by NPR. By Ofeibea Quist-Arcton Just off Tubman Boulevard — Monrovia’s busy main thoroughfare — stands a plywood hut with a large blackboard at the front, in three panels. On them — written in clear, bold white chalk lettering — is a form of newsreel: mini-articles and editorials, as well as…
Read MoreNepal’s Integrity Idol seeks civil servants with the X factor
By: Pete Pattisson. This article was originally published by The Guardian. A reality TV contest is aiming to change the corruption and incompetence that pervade Nepal’s civil service – but it has a long way to go While millions of Britons settle down on their sofas to choose the winner of The X Factor this…
Read MoreWhat Liberia Can Teach The U.S. About Quarantines
By: Jina Moore, BuzzFeed News World Correspondent. This blog post was originally published by BuzzFeed News. They don’t really work. And there are much better, more proven ways to fight Ebola. On a Tuesday evening in late August, Thomas Tweh was part of a team pleading with the Liberian government not to lock down his community. The…
Read MoreThe Best Weapon Against Ebola in West Africa Is Winning Public Trust
By: John Tozzi. This article was originally published by Bloomberg Business. The fight against Ebola is taking place on two well-known fronts: on the ground in West Africa, where governments and aid groups are racing to build treatment centers; and inside the lab, where scientists are trying to create vaccines and therapies to halt transmission.…
Read MoreAccountability Lab: Rebuilding Trust During a Healthcare Crisis
This article was originally published by Ebola Deeply. By Kate Thomas Blair Glencorse is the Founder and Executive Director of Accountability Lab, which works to empower citizens and youth groups in Liberia to build the tools for civil society. We spoke with him about how a crisis of trust and information fueled the spread of…
Read MoreEbola Threatens ‘Africa Rising’ and Strains Relations Across the Continent: A Look at the Southern Africa Example
This article was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations. By Brooks Marmon This is a guest post by Brooks Marmon, Accountability Architect at the Accountability Lab. Brooks was previously based in the Lab’s Liberia office and recently completely an extended assignment in Zimbabwe and South Africa. West Africa may be at the…
Read MoreOp-Ed: Ebola, the unbearable strain on Liberia’s fledgling democracy
This article was originally published by the Daily Maverick. By Brooks Marmon In recent months, the West African Republic of Liberia has received attention on a scale it has not experienced since its devastating civil war ended in 2003. The Ebola outbreak has not caused nearly as many fatalities as the 14-year war, but the…
Read MoreLiberian Singers Use The Power Of Music To Raise Ebola Awareness
This post was originally published by NPR. By Jason Beaubien Elliott Adekoya, 31, aka The Milkman, is a DJ at Monrovia’s Sky FM radio, pictured here his DJ booth. He is also part of a group of 45 Liberian musicians called the Save Liberia Project. They want to get the word out that Ebola is…
Read MoreKnowmore LIB: Building Resilience and Defeating Ebola through Civic Education
This post was originally published by OpenIDEO. By Brooks Marmon The “Knowmore LIB” project aims to sensitize all Liberians on the dangers of the Ebola virus, practices to avoid and contain the disease, and to increase the trust of Liberian citizens in their government. The campaign uses innovative tools to help Liberians engage with policymakers…
Read MoreLiberia’s Ministry of Sound
This article was originally published by Time. By Aryn Baker It seems like any typical Friday night in Monrovia. Out on the streets traffic snarls around the intersections, and taxis and buses are crammed with commuters on their way home after a long week. The ubiquitous sidewalk video bars are filing with patrons settling in…
Read MoreLiberian Senate calls for more transparency over Ebola funds
This article was originally published by The Guardian. By Robtel Neajai Pailey and Blair Glencorse Liberia’s president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has told aid donors ‘we must shorten the road from commitment to cash’. Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images Friday 26 September 2014 16.01 BSTLast modified on Thursday 2 February 2017 12.52 GMT Stately and unassuming, Liberia’s national Ebola taskforce…
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