Gabon: Building Infrastructure Makes 'Meaningful Impact' - Bechtel

When President Obama travels to Africa next week - visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa - infrastructure and power will be a major focus of his trip. One company, U.S.-based… Read more »

East Africa: New Internet Cable Links Region to World

The second major fibre-optic cable linking Africa's east coast to the world was completed Tuesday, the largest shareholder in the project has announced. Read more »

Liberia: 'Normal Days' Slowly Return

"Normal days" is the expression used by many Liberians to refer to the time before the civil war, when institutions functioned fairly well and the country's infrastructure was… Read more »

Liberia: Major Road Building Begins in Capital

Construction and repair work on some of Monrovia's main thoroughfares officially began Friday, marking the launch of the first phase of an emergency road repair project… Read more »

Liberia: An Entrepreneur Makes Rebuilding a Successful Business

Five years ago, Justin Zigbuo left a comfortable life in the United States to return to his native Liberia to start a business making building blocks out of pressed and cured earth… Read more »

Liberia: Profile - Patrick Duwha, a Bricklayer

The war years sent hundreds of thousands of Liberians fleeing back and forth across the country and in an out across several national borders. Sometimes refugees found work and… Read more »