Africanews [LIVE] Weah, VP Boakai to face off in November 7 Liberia election run-off 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. 16/10/2017
Liberia Former footballer Weah and VP set to contest Liberia's presidential run-off Former footballer George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai are well ahead in Liberia’s presidential poll, according to partial results. It 14/10/2017
world news Liberian elections: Former footballer George Weah leads in provisional first-round results 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 14/10/2017
Liberia Ex-football star George Weah ahead in Liberia election Early results show the former FIFA World Footballer of the Year has taken a lead in the presidential ballot. 13/10/2017
Liberia Liberia braces for election results, opposition party cries foul One of Liberia's main parties complains of fraud in Tuesday's presidential election, for which preliminary results are due any time. 12/10/2017
Liberia Vote counting underway in Liberia's landmark election Many queued before dawn on Tuesday to elect a successor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and a new parliament. 11/10/2017
Liberia Liberia votes to choose successor to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf The Nobel prizewinner has steered the West African nation from civil war to economic recovery during her 12-year presidency. 10/10/2017
Africanews We are ready for elections, there is no room for cheating - Liberia EC 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. 10/10/2017
Liberia Optimism ahead of Liberia's election Liberians are optimistic about their first power transfer for 73 years. 09/10/2017
Africanews Elections history in Africa's oldest democratic republic: Liberia 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. 08/10/2017
no comment Ghost ship mystery Liberia’s Ministry of Defence has dispatched coast guard personnel to investigate an unknown tanker that was washed ashore in the coastal city of 12/05/2016
Liberia Africanews exclusive: George Weah will run again for Liberia’s presidency 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 22/04/2016
brussels bureau WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola 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 14/01/2016
Liberia Ebola re-emerges in Liberia: three new cases announced 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 21/11/2015
World Deadly spread of Ebola 'could be stopped by end of year' 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 26/08/2015
Liberia Liberia launches child registration drive post Ebola crisis 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 04/08/2015
Liberia New Ebola cases in Liberia raise fears of fresh outbreak 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 02/07/2015
Liberia Liberia declared Ebola free 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 09/05/2015
Liberia Ebola vaccines 'appear to be safe' in tests Two experimental Ebola vaccines “appear to be safe” part way through a clinical trial being conducted in Liberia, the U.S. National Institutes of 27/03/2015
world news Liberia reports first Ebola case in weeks 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 21/03/2015
Liberia Liberia discharges 'last Ebola patient' from medical care Liberia has discharged its last confirmed Ebola patient from medical treatment in a key landmark in the country’s battle against the deadly virus 05/03/2015
Liberia Liberian schools reopen after long closures due to Ebola It is finally back to school for many students in Liberia after seven months of no classes 02/03/2015
Liberia US Ebola mission pulls out of Liberia 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 27/02/2015