22 May 2013, AlertNet
'People's own determination to get out of poverty should be matched by our commitment to redistribute risk and build equality, thereby supporting them to thrive and prosper, rather than just cope and survive in a world of increasing risks,' Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wrote in a foreword to the Views from the Frontline report...
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake* | 2010 | 3,700,000 | |
| Storm | 1994 | 1,587,000 | |
| Storm | 1980 | 1,165,000 | |
| Drought | 1992 | 1,000,000 | |
| Storm | 1988 | 870,000 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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