MONROVIA, Oct. 30 -- A new water advocacy group has been launched in Liberia, with a call on government to ensure the equitable and affordable provision of safe drinking water to citizens across the country.

By Obediah Johnson

The group named and styled Liberia Water Justice Forum was launched at the climax of a capacity building workshop held at the New Water in the Desert Apostolic Pentecostal Church in Brewerville, outside Monrovia.

The Forum was launched by Church Aid International (CAI, in collaboration with the Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in West Africa (FECCIWA) and Africa Water Justice Network based in Togo and Accra, Ghana respectively.

Speaking during the launch, CAI Chairman Bishop Kortu Brown disclosed th...