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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

14th January, 2018 1111

EXCLUSIVE: LIBERIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT WEAH TEMPERS EXPECTATIONS, PLANS A


President-elect George Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change CDC arrives for an interview with REUTERS at his residence in Monrovia, Liberia, January 2, 2018... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 213

PRESIDENT-ELECT WEAH CALLS FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENTS, VOWS TO TACKLE CORRUPTION


To investors, we say Liberia is open for business, he said... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 20

HUNDREDS GREET GEORGE WEAH AS LIBERIAN PRESIDENTIAL VICTORY IS CONFIRM


Hundreds of supporters gathered outside the party headquarters of Liberia's president-elect George Weah after his emphatic victory in the country's election was secured... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 28

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

30th December, 2017 2137

[LIVE] WEAH GETS MORE CONGRATS, U.N. CHIEF LAUDS LIBERIA'S DEMOCRACY


And only results released by the National Elections Commission should be reported as official ones, he added... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 15

CANDIDATE CONCEDES RACE IN LIBERIAS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION


Liberias Vice President Concedes Election It Has Never Been About Me... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 498

JUBILATION AT HOME, GLOBAL FELICITATIONS POUR IN


By tomorrow morning, 27 December 2017 at 11 00 hours the tallying of results will commence and the National Elections Commission will continue to release provisional results as they arrive... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 19

SOCCER LEGEND GEORGE WEAH ELECTED PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA


George Weah's limited educational background hurt his political aspirations, and he returned to school after the 2005 attempt for president... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 409

CAN THIS EX-FOOTBALLER FULFIL LIBERIANS DREAMS?


The ex-footballer George Weah has been voted in as the president of Liberia. But will he be equal to the country's many challenges, asks Umaru Fofana... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 271

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

29th December, 2017 1916

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

29th December, 2017 2579

FROM SOCCER ICON TO LIBERIAN PRESIDENT


George Weah from soccer icon to Liberian president... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 0

'HE IS KING GEORGE': SOCCER STAR GEORGE WEAH WINS LIBERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION


'He is King George' Soccer star George Weah wins Liberian presidential election... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 186

FORMER SOCCER STAR GEORGE WEAH WINS


Former soccer star George Weah wins Liberian presidential election... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 668

EX FOOTBALLER GEORGE WEAH WINS LIBERIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION


Former football star George Weah has defeated Vice President Joseph Boakai to win Liberia's presidential election run-off with 61.5 percent of the vote, based on... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 413

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

28th December, 2017 1285

GEORGE WEAH, FORMER WORLD FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR, SET TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA


The EU's chief observer, Maria Arena, congratulated the candidates and the Liberian people on a peaceful vote that generally respected constitutional rules ... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 216

FORMER WORLD FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR GEORGE WEAH ELECTED LIBERIAN PRESIDENT


George Weah, former world footballer of the year, elected president of Liberia... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 261

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

28th December, 2017 4268

GHANA GOVT DENIES CONGRATULATING GEORGE WEAH, LIBERIANS AWAIT INITIAL RESULTS


And only results released by the National Elections Commission should be reported as official ones, he added... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 21

LIBERIA SET TO LEARN RESULT OF LANDMARK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION


Whoever wins will succeed the continent's first elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who took over at the helm of Africa's oldest republic in 2006... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 0

COUNTING UNDER WAY IN LIBERIA PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF


There has been no major incident to report of a technical nature and the voting was peaceful, noted electoral commission chief Francis Korkoya... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 0

VOTE COUNT UNDERWAY IN LIBERIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [THE MORNING CALL]


Vote count underway in Liberia after Tuesdays run off election. Election observers say voter turnout lower than first round of voting in October... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 0

2017 REVIEW: MAJOR NEWS STORIES IN 12 PHOTOS


Under the leadership of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, ECOWAS quickly reacted to Jammeh's poll cancellation and dispatched a team led by Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari... READ MORE

27th December, 2017 2

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

27th December, 2017 770

LIBERIA ELECTION: GEORGE WEAH VERSUS JOSEPH BOAKAI


Voters in Liberia are heading to the polls to elect a new president in a contested run-off election... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 744

ALL SET FOR WEAH - BOAKAI 'BOXING DAY' PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN LIBERIA


Campaigns over, ballot boxes and other electoral materials deployed across Liberia, the National Elections Commission NEC says all is set for today's crucial run off vote... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 20

LIBERIA'S GEORGE WEAH WHIPS FANS INTO A FRENZY AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF


The former football star George Weah has waited 12 years to become president of Liberia... READ MORE

24th December, 2017 180

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

19th December, 2017 680

Trending News Headlines : Mamadou

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

8th May, 2017 5549

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

3rd November, 2017 5035


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

25th October, 2014 3158

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

10th October, 2017 2285

CANADA VISA BAN HITS WEST AFRICA STATES


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

1st November, 2014 1896

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

22nd November, 2014 1773

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

15th January, 2016 1603

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

30th October, 2017 1578

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

11th November, 2015 1574

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

6th November, 2014 1547

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

22nd October, 2014 1517

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

22nd November, 2014 1510

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

22nd July, 2017 1453

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

7th November, 2015 1309

CRACKDOWN IN NIGER FAILS TO DETER MIGRANT SMUGGLERS


As many as 2,000 migrants leave Agadez weekly, the last big stop before reaching Libya, 620 miles away across the scorching sand... READ MORE

21st August, 2015 1295

SIERRA LEONE EBOLA NURSES ON STRIKE


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

12th November, 2014 1294

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

9th November, 2014 1276

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

30th June, 2015 1275

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

8th October, 2017 1059

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

20th June, 2015 917

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

16th October, 2017 888

EBOLA 'STABLE' IN GUINEA - WHO


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

23rd November, 2014 872

RE-EMERGENCE OF EBOLA IN LIBERIA REMAINS A MYSTERY


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

16th July, 2015 722

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

10th October, 2017 674

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

23rd December, 2016 609

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

12th December, 2017 570


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

24th February, 2016 561

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

20th November, 2014 533

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

29th October, 2014 529

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

12th October, 2017 518


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