http://www.euronews.com en Latest news from Euronews Euronews 2026 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:11:33 +0200 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:11:33 +0200 30 https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews_flatblue.png http://www.euronews.com http://www.euronews.com/2026/07/31/liberia-sacks-officials-after-record-cocaine-seizures-worth-336-million http://www.euronews.com/2026/07/31/liberia-sacks-officials-after-record-cocaine-seizures-worth-336-million Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:11:31 +0200 The drug busts have intensified scrutiny of Liberia's narcotics problem, with social media users, political commentators and local media calling for greater accountability from public officials and swift progress in the investigation. http://www.euronews.com/2022/12/18/leadership-by-autopilot-liberians-protest-as-leader-is-still-absent http://www.euronews.com/2022/12/18/leadership-by-autopilot-liberians-protest-as-leader-is-still-absent Sun, 18 Dec 2022 12:33:44 +0100 Hundreds of Liberians have been protesting in Monrovia due to rising food and fuel costs as well as their absent President http://www.euronews.com/2022/04/21/these-abandoned-apes-have-a-dark-story-to-tell-about-us-animal-testing http://www.euronews.com/2022/04/21/these-abandoned-apes-have-a-dark-story-to-tell-about-us-animal-testing Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:34:07 +0200 Biopsies and brutality were a part of everyday life for these traumatised chimps. http://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/11/18/living-with-the-trauma-and-stigma-of-being-an-ebola-gravedigger-in-liberia http://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/11/18/living-with-the-trauma-and-stigma-of-being-an-ebola-gravedigger-in-liberia Thu, 18 Nov 2021 18:00:07 +0100 Mark Korvayan was head of the burial team during Liberia’s Ebola crisis. He tells the #CryLikeaBoy about his experience. http://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/08/08/liberia-s-faithvonic-on-making-music-to-overcome-tragedy-and-diving-into-humanitarian-aid http://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/08/08/liberia-s-faithvonic-on-making-music-to-overcome-tragedy-and-diving-into-humanitarian-aid Sun, 08 Aug 2021 11:00:44 +0200 We spoke to Liberian artist FaithVonic about music as a creative coping mechanism and how she uses her platform to make sure women know their rights. http://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/07/22/podcast-liberia-s-army-of-peace-the-women-who-stood-up-to-warlords http://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/07/22/podcast-liberia-s-army-of-peace-the-women-who-stood-up-to-warlords Thu, 22 Jul 2021 18:00:11 +0200 The power of women, that’s what this episode of the CryLikeABoy podcast is about. Listen to Cecelia Danuweli and Gini Reticker reflect on the role of women during the civil war in Liberia. http://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/07/08/podcast-the-women-who-peacefully-redefined-the-frontline-in-liberia-s-brutal-civil-war http://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/07/08/podcast-the-women-who-peacefully-redefined-the-frontline-in-liberia-s-brutal-civil-war Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:00:23 +0200 Liberia had been in a spiral of violence, hunger and death for more than a decade when the country's women said enough was enough and united to end the war. #CryLikeaBoy http://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/06/10/podcast-what-s-expected-of-men-who-go-to-war-in-a-macho-society http://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/06/10/podcast-what-s-expected-of-men-who-go-to-war-in-a-macho-society Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:00:38 +0200 Liberia’s brutal civil war pushed soldiers and masculinity to the extreme. Jonathan and Morris had to show strength even when they feared death. Join our talk with Liberian journalist Carielle Doe as we retrace the past #CryLikeaBoy http://www.euronews.com/2019/09/18/at-least-30-children-killed-in-liberia-school-fire-say-police http://www.euronews.com/2019/09/18/at-least-30-children-killed-in-liberia-school-fire-say-police Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:17:24 +0200 At least 26 children killed in Liberia school fire, police spokesman Moses Carter told Euronews. http://www.euronews.com/2017/12/30/hundreds-greet-george-weah-as-election-authorities-confirm-he-won-liberian-presidency http://www.euronews.com/2017/12/30/hundreds-greet-george-weah-as-election-authorities-confirm-he-won-liberian-presidency Sat, 30 Dec 2017 07:36:00 +0100 Supporters dance and shout outside Weah's party headquarters as his opponent concedes defeat in the presidential election. http://www.euronews.com/2017/12/28/ex-footballer-george-weah-wins-liberia-presidential-run-off-preliminary-results http://www.euronews.com/2017/12/28/ex-footballer-george-weah-wins-liberia-presidential-run-off-preliminary-results Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:02:00 +0100 George Weah has won Liberia's presidential run-off election with 61.5 percent of votes from 98.1 percent of ballots cast, says the election commission. http://www.euronews.com/2017/12/28/too-close-to-call-in-liberia-elections http://www.euronews.com/2017/12/28/too-close-to-call-in-liberia-elections Thu, 28 Dec 2017 08:55:00 +0100 Liberia's ruling Unity Party said the contest was too close to call in the presidential election. But his opponent's supporters claim to have taken the win http://www.euronews.com/2017/12/26/liberians-await-presidential-election-result http://www.euronews.com/2017/12/26/liberians-await-presidential-election-result Tue, 26 Dec 2017 22:27:00 +0100 The results after a presidential run-off vote in Liberia are expected in a few days http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/16/live-thousands-queue-to-vote-for-new-president-in-liberia http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/16/live-thousands-queue-to-vote-for-new-president-in-liberia Mon, 16 Oct 2017 11:00:00 +0200 Ex-football star, George Weah of the Congress For Democratic Change (CDC) will face current vice-president, Joseph Boakai of the ruling Unity Party (UP) in a race to succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/14/former-footballer-weah-and-vp-set-to-contest-liberias-presidential-run-off http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/14/former-footballer-weah-and-vp-set-to-contest-liberias-presidential-run-off Sat, 14 Oct 2017 20:25:22 +0200 Former footballer Weah and VP set to contest Liberia's presidential run-off http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/14/former-football-star-george-weah-leads-provisional-first-round-results-of http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/14/former-football-star-george-weah-leads-provisional-first-round-results-of Sat, 14 Oct 2017 19:00:13 +0200 Former footballer George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai will most likely face each other in the second round of voting in the Liberian elections http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/13/ex-football-star-george-weah-ahead-in-liberia-election http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/13/ex-football-star-george-weah-ahead-in-liberia-election Fri, 13 Oct 2017 07:30:35 +0200 Early results show the former FIFA World Footballer of the Year has taken a lead in the presidential ballot. http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/12/liberia-braces-for-election-results-opposition-party-cries-foul http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/12/liberia-braces-for-election-results-opposition-party-cries-foul Thu, 12 Oct 2017 01:59:40 +0200 One of Liberia's main parties complains of fraud in Tuesday's presidential election, for which preliminary results are due any time. http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/11/vote-counting-underway-in-liberias-landmark-election http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/11/vote-counting-underway-in-liberias-landmark-election Wed, 11 Oct 2017 05:09:36 +0200 Many queued before dawn on Tuesday to elect a successor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and a new parliament. http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/10/liberia-votes-to-choose-successor-to-ellen-johnson-sirleaf http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/10/liberia-votes-to-choose-successor-to-ellen-johnson-sirleaf Tue, 10 Oct 2017 01:38:36 +0200 The Nobel prizewinner has steered the West African nation from civil war to economic recovery during her 12-year presidency. http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/10/we-are-ready-for-elections-there-is-no-room-for-cheating-liberia-ec http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/10/we-are-ready-for-elections-there-is-no-room-for-cheating-liberia-ec Tue, 10 Oct 2017 00:22:38 +0200 The NEC Director of Communications Henry Boyd Flomo told Africanews that every one will have access to the results and by Wednesday, they will announce the provisional results. http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/09/optimism-ahead-of-liberias-election http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/09/optimism-ahead-of-liberias-election Mon, 09 Oct 2017 16:28:15 +0200 Liberians are optimistic about their first power transfer for 73 years. http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/08/elections-history-in-africa-s-oldest-democratic-republic-liberia http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/08/elections-history-in-africa-s-oldest-democratic-republic-liberia Sun, 08 Oct 2017 13:24:09 +0200 The first governor Thomas Buchanan was succeeded by the first black governor Joseph Jenkins Roberts who was elected as the first black president upon independence in 1847. http://www.euronews.com/video/2016/05/12/ghost-ship-mystery http://www.euronews.com/video/2016/05/12/ghost-ship-mystery Thu, 12 May 2016 11:31:21 +0200 Liberia’s Ministry of Defence has dispatched coast guard personnel to investigate an unknown tanker that was washed ashore in the coastal city of http://www.euronews.com/2016/04/22/africanews-exclusive-george-weah-will-run-again-for-liberias-presidency http://www.euronews.com/2016/04/22/africanews-exclusive-george-weah-will-run-again-for-liberias-presidency Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:36:53 +0200 George Weah, the only African footballer to win FIFA’s World Player of the Year award, will make a second bid to become president of Liberia, he told http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2016/01/14/who-declares-liberia-free-of-ebola http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2016/01/14/who-declares-liberia-free-of-ebola Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:46:27 +0100 The World Health Organisation has declared that Liberia is free of Ebola. It means the latest outbreak of the deadly disease is effectively over. The http://www.euronews.com/2015/12/29/guinea-free-of-ebola-says-who http://www.euronews.com/2015/12/29/guinea-free-of-ebola-says-who Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:20:40 +0100 Public education and aggressive intervention have paid off and Guinea is now Ebola-free – so says the World Health Organization, two years after the http://www.euronews.com/2015/11/21/ebola-re-emerges-in-liberia-three-new-cases-announced http://www.euronews.com/2015/11/21/ebola-re-emerges-in-liberia-three-new-cases-announced Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:25:50 +0100 Ebola has once more reared its head in Liberia, where three new cases have emerged a matter of months after the country was declared free of the http://www.euronews.com/2015/08/26/ebola-s-deadly-spread-could-be-stopped-by-end-of-year http://www.euronews.com/2015/08/26/ebola-s-deadly-spread-could-be-stopped-by-end-of-year Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:43:05 +0200 Ebola’s devastating grip on West Africa could be lifted by the end of year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO says Guinea is http://www.euronews.com/2015/08/04/liberia-launches-child-registration-drive-post-ebola-crisis http://www.euronews.com/2015/08/04/liberia-launches-child-registration-drive-post-ebola-crisis Tue, 04 Aug 2015 15:33:02 +0200 The Liberian government is on a drive to register more than 70,000 children born at the height of the Ebola epidemic. 70,000 Liberian births http://www.euronews.com/2015/07/02/new-ebola-cases-in-liberia-raise-fears-of-fresh-outbreak http://www.euronews.com/2015/07/02/new-ebola-cases-in-liberia-raise-fears-of-fresh-outbreak Thu, 02 Jul 2015 08:06:09 +0200 New cases of Ebola have been detected in Liberia, nearly two months after the West African country was declared free of the virus. The authorities http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/09/liberia-declared-ebola-free http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/09/liberia-declared-ebola-free Sat, 09 May 2015 13:43:17 +0200 Liberia has been declared Ebola free by the World Health Organisation (WHO) after 42 days with no new cases. The West African nation was one of the http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/27/ebola-vaccines-appear-to-be-safe-in-tests http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/27/ebola-vaccines-appear-to-be-safe-in-tests Fri, 27 Mar 2015 05:26:17 +0100 Two experimental Ebola vaccines “appear to be safe” part way through a clinical trial being conducted in Liberia, the U.S. National Institutes of http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/21/liberia-reports-first-ebola-case-in-weeks http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/21/liberia-reports-first-ebola-case-in-weeks Sat, 21 Mar 2015 03:32:04 +0100 Liberia has reported its first Ebola case in weeks, a setback for a country which was hoping to declare itself free of the virus next month http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/05/liberia-discharges-last-ebola-patient-from-medical-care http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/05/liberia-discharges-last-ebola-patient-from-medical-care Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:44:05 +0100 Liberia has discharged its last confirmed Ebola patient from medical treatment in a key landmark in the country’s battle against the deadly virus http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/03/ebola-leaves-damage-that-will-take-decades-for-wafrica-to-repair http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/03/ebola-leaves-damage-that-will-take-decades-for-wafrica-to-repair Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:11:07 +0100 Back to class at one Liberian school after a seven-month break. The Ebola epidemic had hidden costs, too, and now the disease appears to be on the http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/02/liberian-schools-reopen-after-long-closures-due-to-ebola http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/02/liberian-schools-reopen-after-long-closures-due-to-ebola Mon, 02 Mar 2015 23:44:02 +0100 It is finally back to school for many students in Liberia after seven months of no classes http://www.euronews.com/2015/02/27/us-ebola-mission-pulls-out-of-liberia http://www.euronews.com/2015/02/27/us-ebola-mission-pulls-out-of-liberia Fri, 27 Feb 2015 05:01:16 +0100 The US military mission in Liberia, aimed at halting the spread of the Ebola virus, ended on Wednesday. The exit from the West African nation comes http://www.euronews.com/2015/02/24/ebola-border-closures-end-between-liberia-sierra-leone-normal-life-returning http://www.euronews.com/2015/02/24/ebola-border-closures-end-between-liberia-sierra-leone-normal-life-returning Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:37:04 +0100 A six-month anti-Ebola clampdown has finally been lifted and the Liberian border with Sierra Leone re-opened. The inhabitants came out of quarantine http://www.euronews.com/2015/02/23/liberia-re-opens-land-border-following-deadly-ebola-outbreak http://www.euronews.com/2015/02/23/liberia-re-opens-land-border-following-deadly-ebola-outbreak Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:33:05 +0100 Liberia has reopened its land border with Sierra Leone after several months of closure. The move is a sign things are returning to normal following http://www.euronews.com/2015/01/16/ebola-slowing-in-west-africa http://www.euronews.com/2015/01/16/ebola-slowing-in-west-africa Fri, 16 Jan 2015 04:29:15 +0100 The Ebola outbreak in West Africa appears to be slowing down, according to the UN special envoy on the virus, but he added the battle was far from http://www.euronews.com/2015/01/03/ebola-can-be-beaten-by-the-end-of-2015-says-un-mission-head http://www.euronews.com/2015/01/03/ebola-can-be-beaten-by-the-end-of-2015-says-un-mission-head Sat, 03 Jan 2015 04:49:02 +0100 Months of hard work lie ahead but the world can stamp out the Ebola outbreak in West Africa by the end of the year according to the outgoing chief of http://www.euronews.com/2015/01/02/beating-ebola-the-life-skills-which-can-help http://www.euronews.com/2015/01/02/beating-ebola-the-life-skills-which-can-help Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:34:02 +0100 How are three projects empowering local communities by teaching life skills that will help them deal with life's physical and emotional challenges? http://www.euronews.com/2014/10/17/expert-casts-doubt-over-ebola-vaccine-for-west-africa http://www.euronews.com/2014/10/17/expert-casts-doubt-over-ebola-vaccine-for-west-africa Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:15:55 +0200 Health expert casts doubt over Ebola vaccine for West Africa http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/02/video-ebola-patient-escapes-medical-centre-in-liberia-spreads-panic-in-monrovia http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/02/video-ebola-patient-escapes-medical-centre-in-liberia-spreads-panic-in-monrovia Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:47:09 +0200 Video: Ebola patient escapes quarantine in Liberia, spreads panic in Monrovia http://www.euronews.com/2014/08/20/ebola-virus-affecting-tourism-say-travel-agents http://www.euronews.com/2014/08/20/ebola-virus-affecting-tourism-say-travel-agents Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:14:48 +0200 Ebola virus affecting tourism, say travel agents http://www.euronews.com/2014/08/04/ebola-scare-at-londons-gatwick-airport-after-passenger-dies http://www.euronews.com/2014/08/04/ebola-scare-at-londons-gatwick-airport-after-passenger-dies Mon, 04 Aug 2014 12:52:08 +0200 Ebola scare at London's Gatwick airport after passenger dies http://www.euronews.com/2012/03/07/liberia-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-travel-in-the-west-african-state http://www.euronews.com/2012/03/07/liberia-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-travel-in-the-west-african-state Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:46:05 +0100 Liberia: The trials and tribulations of travel in the West African state http://www.euronews.com/2012/03/05/liberia-crossing-the-cavalla http://www.euronews.com/2012/03/05/liberia-crossing-the-cavalla Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:42:20 +0100 Liberia: Crossing the Cavalla