SIRLEAF KNOCKS AFRICA'S SIT TIGHT PRESIDENTS, TELLS THEM TO LEAVE POWER

Long-serving African leaders who have changed the law to stay in power include Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, 73, and Cameroon's President Paul Biya, in power for 35 years... READ MORE›

THE COUNTRY WHERE CITIZENSHIP DEPENDS ON YOUR SKIN COLOUR

Liberian people are fine people and we have lived together for all these years, we have had inter-marriages... READ MORE›

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATED AROUND THE WORLD

Michel Euler, AP None Actresses Asia Argento, left, and Rose McGowan participate in a demonstration to mark the international Women's Day in Rome on March 8, 2018... READ MORE›

FOREST RANGERS TORTURED AND KILLED BY ILLEGAL SETTLERS IN LIBERIA RAINFOREST

On 27 April rangers at Sapo National Park, the country's largest protected area of rainforest and its first national park, were assaulted by several settlers... READ MORE›

RED CROSS ADMITS EBOLA CASH LOST TO FRAUD

An investigation by Red Cross auditors has revealed that in Liberia 2.7m disappeared in fraudulently overpriced supplies, or in salaries for non-existent aid workers... READ MORE›

GEORGE WEAH SET TO WIN LIBERIA PRESIDENCY

Mr Weah, 51, will succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female president, in Liberia's first democratic handover since 1944... READ MORE›

Anyone arriving from affected West African countries without having had confirmed contact with Ebola victims will be subject to monitoring by public health officials... READ MORE›

FROM GHETTO TO FOOTBALL STAR TO PRESIDENT

If George Weah was an individualistic person, the team would never have had a chance of winning... READ MORE›

LIBERIAS WOMEN WARN MALE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

MONROVIA, Liberia -- On the eve of a presidential election that will almost certainly return male rule to Liberia after 12 years, women delivered a warning... READ MORE›

PRESIDENT-ELECT WEAH SAYS LIBERIA 'OPEN FOR BUSINESS', VOWS TO FIGHT C

President-elect Weah says Liberia 'open for business', vows to fight corruption... READ MORE›

BOAKAI CONCEDES DEFEAT TO GEORGE WEAH IN LIBERIA VOTE

Liberia's Vice President Joseph Boakai has conceded defeat in the country's presidential election and congratulated his opponent, George Weah... READ MORE›

CANADA VISA BAN HITS WEST AFRICA STATES

Ebola crisis canada visa ban hits west africa states... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE WHY JOAN COLLINS CHOSE TO CONFIDE IN BRAVE MISS WORLD FILMMAKER LINOR ABARGIL ABOUT TEENAGE RAPE TRAUMA

Experts attribute that to fearful Liberians touching one another less, more safe burials of bodies and distribution of protective gear to health care workers... READ MORE›

NEW CASE EMERGES IN SIERRA LEONE

Health officials in Sierra Leone have confirmed a death from Ebola, hours after the World Health Organization declared the West Africa outbreak over... READ MORE›

IN LIBERIA, AN EXECUTIVE MANSION FIT FOR A PRESIDENT -- AND GHOSTS, TOO

Monrovia Journal In Liberia an Executive Mansion Fit for a President and Ghosts Too... READ MORE›

LIBERIA IS FREE OF EBOLA, SAYS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Liberia is free of Ebola after going 42 days without any new cases, the World Health Organization WHO announced Saturday... READ MORE›

U.S. UNIFORMED OFFICERS TO TREAT EBOLA PATIENTS IN LIBERIA

Public Health Service is not technically part of the armed forces, its members look very much like military personnel, wearing uniforms similar to U... READ MORE›

WHO CRISIS TEAM HOLDS EBOLA TALKS

Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola outbreak are being encouraged to go back to work... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE WHY JOAN COLLINS CHOSE TO CONFIDE IN BRAVE MISS WORLD FILMMAKER LINOR ABARGIL ABOUT TEENAGE RAPE TRAUMA

But he added that there were still, by some estimates, 1,000 to 2,000 new Ebola cases a week -- the bulk of those now in Guinea and Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

GEORGE WEAH VOWS TO CHANGE LIBERIA'S CITIZENSHIP LAWS

Liberia's President George Weah has called for the removal of a racist clause in the constitution which restricts citizenship to black people... READ MORE›

BENIN, LIBERIA LEAD AFRICA IN RANKING AT MAIDEN GLOBAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION

Among the African contingent that ranked behind Benin and Liberia were Nigeria 25, Mozambique 29, Mali 30, Zambia 32, Sierra Leone 37, Cameroon 43, and Equatorial Guinea 50 ... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE IS FREE OF EBOLA, 18 MONTHS AND 11,000 DEATHS AFTER OUTBREAK

NAIROBI -- About a year and a half after it emerged, the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has officially ended... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE EBOLA NURSES ON STRIKE

The clinic, in Bandajuma near Bo, is the only Ebola treatment centre in southern Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

GEORGE WEAH WINS LIBERIAS PRESIDENCY, UNOFFICIAL RESULTS SHOW

Mr. Weah, 51, will take over the running of Liberia without Mrs. Sirleaf's long history of public service... READ MORE›

AFRICA SETS UP $28.5M CRISIS FUND

Of the West African countries hit by the 11-month outbreak, Liberia has seen the most deaths... READ MORE›

NEW EBOLA CASE IS DISCOVERED IN LIBERIA

The World Health Organization declared Liberia Ebola-free on May 9 a landmark moment in the country which has suffered more deaths from the epidemic than any other... READ MORE›

LIBERIA'S SIRLEAF EXPELLED FROM HER PARTY

Ms Sirleaf, who is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and Africa's first elected woman president, could not stand again... READ MORE›

LIBERIA HOLDS A FREE ELECTION MAKE THAT FREE-FOR-ALL

In 2014, she told The Post that Mr. Weah was the father of her third child, and that she was a future Liberian first lady... READ MORE›

GENOME STUDIES SHOW HOW EBOLA SPREAD INITIALLY

It has continued to be among the versions of the virus propagating in Guinea and later in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

WEAH TO FACE BOAKAI IN LIBERIA PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF

Although he won the first round of the poll, he lost in a runoff with Sirleaf... READ MORE›

EX-FOOTBALLER WEAH SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT

Image copyright EPA Image copyright EPA President Weah took the oath of office soon after 13 00GMT in front of an estimated 35,000 people... READ MORE›

EBOLA 'STABLE' IN GUINEA - WHO

Refused entry Guinea has not been as badly hit by Ebola as neighbouring Sierra Leone and Liberia... READ MORE›

LIBERIA ELECTION: GEORGE WEAH V JOSEPH BOAKAI

Weah, who topped the first round of voting but did not secure the 50 percent needed to win outright, is heavily favoured to win the runoff... READ MORE›