EBOLA: SURVIVORS FACE HEALTH COMPLICATIONS AMID RED CROSS SCANDAL

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Barely two years after West African nations defeated a deadly Ebola scourge, they are confronting a new epidemic corruption... READ MORE›

LIBERIA ELECTIONS: RUN-OFF VOTE SET FOR DECEMBER 26

Liberia will hold a delayed presidential run-off vote on December 26, electoral officials have said... READ MORE›

JEWEL HOWARD-TAYLOR ON WAR, WEAH AND HER AGENDA

Jewel Howard-Taylor on her ex-husband Charles Taylor, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, George Weah and her agenda for Liberia... 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›

CAN A PRESIDENT WEAH MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF LIBERIA'S SLUM DWELLERS?

More than a quarter of Liberians voted for George Weah to become their next leader during the first round of the elections... READ MORE›

LIBERIAS TOP COURT HALTS PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF FOR EX-CHELSEA STAR GEORGE WEAH OVER FRAUD ALLEGATIONS

Few think Mr Weah wants to take Liberia back to those days after 14 years of peace under the country's outgoing president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf... 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›

ELECTIONS HISTORY IN AFRICA'S OLDEST DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Elections history in Africa's oldest democratic republic Liberia... READ MORE›

WEAH AND BOAKAI EDGE TOWARDS LIBERIA PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF

Weah is ahead in 12 of Liberia's 15 counties including Montserrado, its most populous, while Boakai leads in two including his home county Lofa... 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›

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... READ MORE›

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... READ MORE›

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... READ MORE›

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... READ MORE›

SOCCER STAR WEAH AND VP BOAKAI NEAR LIBERIA PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF

MONROVIA Reuters - Former soccer star George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai held commanding leads in provisional presidential election results announced on Saturday, setting... READ MORE›

SOCCER STAR WEAH LEADS MOST COUNTIES IN LIBERIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION VOTE

Former soccer star George Weah leads in early presidential election results in 11 of Liberia's 15 counties, National Elections Commission Chairman Jerome G. Korkoya said on Thursday... READ MORE›

SOCCER STAR WEAH LEADS MOST COUNTIES IN LIBERIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION VOTE

Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Liberia's vice president and presidential candidate of Unity Party UP, votes at a polling station in Monrovia, Liberia, October 10, 2017... READ MORE›

ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF: FEMINIST ICON OR FEMOCRAT?

Was Liberia's outgoing President Sirleaf really an international feminist icon or did she fail African women?... READ MORE›

TURNOUT HIGH AS LIBERIANS ELECT SIRLEAF SUCCESSOR IN HISTORIC DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION OF POWER

Liberians turned out in force on Tuesday to choose a successor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, in a contest set to complete the country's first democra... READ MORE›

LIBERIA VOTES TO REPLACE AFRICA'S FIRST FEMALE LEADER

As Africa's first female president prepares to step aside, many called for peaceful and fair elections... 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›

ELECTIONS HISTORY IN AFRICA'S OLDEST DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

There was a rebellion in 1999 by another rebel group in northern Liberia sparking the Second Liberian Civil War... READ MORE›

ELECTIONS HISTORY IN AFRICA'S OLDEST DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

There was a rebellion in 1999 by another rebel group in northern Liberia sparking the Second Liberian Civil War... READ MORE›

LIBERIA SET TO VOTE IN POLL TO CHOOSE ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF SUCCESSOR

Liberians are set to go to the polls to choose a successor to Africa's first elected female president and Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf... 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›

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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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

EBOLA 'STABLE' IN GUINEA - WHO

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

RE-EMERGENCE OF EBOLA IN LIBERIA REMAINS A MYSTERY

The six new infections in Liberia since June 21 include two deaths... READ MORE›

FINAL TEST RESULTS CONFIRM EBOLA VACCINE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE

Scientists have struggled to develop an Ebola vaccine over the years, and this is the first one proven to work... READ MORE›

Guinea reported its lowest weekly total of new confirmed Ebola virus disease cases since the week ending 17 August 2014, WHO said... READ MORE›

I WANT TO APOLOGISE TO ANDREA AND LAUREN... I HAD A BAD NIGHT

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›

GOVERNMENT 'TO MATCH ?5M EBOLA CASH'

Mr Saeed also warned of other risks in West Africa as health workers focus on fighting Ebola... READ MORE›

'I AM LIBERIAN, NOT A VIRUS'

She says We are Liberians, Sierra Leoneans, Guineans and Nigerians... READ MORE›

VICTORY AS GUINEA IS DEEMED FREE OF EBOLA

Of all the countries where Ebola spread, the virus proved hardest to eradicate from Guinea, experts said... READ MORE›

DOG SAVES CHILDREN S LIVES DURING ROAD RAGE SHOOTING

As for meeting the United Nations' interim treatment goal, Guinea and Liberia are believed to be treating more than 70 percent of known Ebola patients... READ MORE›

SURGEON WITH EBOLA ON FLIGHT TO U.S. FOR CARE

Martin Salia poses for a photo at the United Methodist Church's Kissy Hospital outside Freetown, Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

WHO DECLARES GUINEA FREE OF EBOLA

Sierra Leone was declared free of Ebola in November, but new cases have emerged in Liberia, which had been declared Ebola-free in September... READ MORE›

EBOLA CASES IN 3 FAMILY MEMBERS CONFIRMED IN LIBERIA

Declared Sierra Leone free of Ebola transmissions two weeks ago and Guinea released its last known patient from a treatment unit on Monday... READ MORE›

WAR AGAINST EBOLA IN WEST AFRICA REMAINS A TOUGH FIGHT

A healthcare worker washes his hands and boots at an Ebola treatment center in the Hastings area of Freetown, Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

EX-WIFE OF FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT CHARGED WITH TORTURE

Gbarnga served as the headquarters of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front during the first Liberian civil war... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

WHO commends the government and people of Sierra Leone for the significant achievement of ending this Ebola outbreak, he said... READ MORE›