Liberia’s Johnson Sirleaf wins $5m African leadership prize
Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Africa’s first elected female head of state, has won a $5 million Mo Ibrahim...
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WHO declares Liberia free of active Ebola virus transmission
Liberia has reached the end of active Ebola virus transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, the fourth such declaration from one of...
Boy dies of Ebola in Liberia, first fatality in months
By James Harding Giahyue A 15-year-old boy has died of Ebola in Liberia, the first such fatality for months in a country declared free of...
Liberia monitors over 150 Ebola contacts as virus re-emerges
By James Harding Giahyue Liberia has placed 153 people under surveillance as it seeks to control a new Ebola outbreak in the capital more than...
Liberia records Ebola death after country declared virus-free
By Alphonso Toweh A Liberian has died of Ebola in the first recorded case of the disease since a country at the heart of an...
Liberia declared Ebola-free, but outbreak continues over border
By Daniel Flynn Liberia was declared free from Ebola on Saturday after 42 days without a new case, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said,...
Liberia releases last known Ebola patient from care
By James Harding Giahyue Liberia’s last Ebola patient left hospital on Thursday to cheers of delight from friends and family, a year after the West...
Just five Ebola cases left in Liberia, government says
Liberia, once the epicentre of West Africa’s deadly Ebola epidemic, has just five remaining confirmed cases of the disease, a senior health official said on...
French worker for medical charity MSF contracts Ebola in Liberia
A French volunteer working for Medecins Sans Frontieres in Liberia has contracted the Ebola virus, the medical charity said in a statement on Wednesday. The volunteer, the first French...
Guinea shuts borders with Sierra Leone, Liberia in bid to halt Ebola
By Saliou Samb Guinea announced the closure of its borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia on Saturday in a bid to halt the spread of...
Tough measures to stop Ebola spread
By Umaru Fofana and Clair MacDougall HUNDREDS of troops deployed in Sierra Leone and Liberia on Monday under an emergency plan to fight the worst...
West African authorities adopt common strategy to fight Ebola
By Kwasi Kpodo West African countries and international health organizations adopted a fresh strategy on Thursday to fight the world’s deadliest Ebola epidemic, which has...