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

News

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

Liberia

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

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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

Europe News

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

Guinea

Guinea free of Ebola, says WHO

Public education and aggressive intervention have paid off and Guinea is now Ebola-free – so says the World Health Organization, two years after the

29/12/2015

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 News

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

World News

Ebola leaves damage that will take decades for W.Africa to repair

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

03/03/2015

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

Liberia

Ebola border closures end between Liberia, Sierra Leone, normal life returning

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

24/02/2015