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At least 26 children were killed on Wednesday in a fire at a Koranic school near the Liberian capital Monrovia. Two teachers also died in the blaze overnight, the president’s office said, citing information from the emergency services.…

Liberia and Niron Metals Plc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the passage through Liberia, of iron ore, from the Zogota iron ore deposit in the Republic of Guinea. The MoU relates to the use of existing rail and port…

Snakes have been found in Liberian President George Weah's office, forcing him to work from his private residence, the BBC has learnt. Press secretary Smith Toby told the BBC that on Wednesday two black snakes were found in the…

Popular Nigerian singer, Flavour has excited his fans after a kind gesture of building a school for the blind in Liberia. Flavour, 35, did this to honour his friend, Semah G. Weifur. Flavour linked up with Semah in 2017 for…

Charles Sirleaf, the son of Liberia's former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been arrested in relation to the illegal printing of more than $104m (£78m) worth of local banknotes. He was a deputy governor of the Central Bank at the…

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Liberian President-Elect, George Weah |  After starting his career in his home country of Liberia, Arsene Wenger brought him to Europe where he signed for Monaco in 1988. *. Weah moved to Paris Saint…

"Residents of Johnsonville Township, outside Monrovia in Liberia are claiming that dogs are digging up the corpses of Ebola victims buried in shallow graves in Liberia and eating them in the streets.Though security personnel guarding the…

"Air France has temporarily suspended all its flights to Sierra Leone due to the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. In a statement released by management of Air France today August 27th, the French government recommended the national…

""According to new reports, South African has issued a travel ban for non-citizens from Ebola-hit countries including - Liberia, Guinea & Sierra Leone. Thankfully Nigeria is not included."

"According to reports, armed men yesterday night attacked an Ebola isolation centre in the densely populated Monrovia suburb of Westpoint, Liberia. 29 patients under quarantine reportedly fled the centre. Some reports say the armed men…

"Getty Images photographer John Moore traveled to Monrovia, Liberia, risking his own life to chronicle harrowing scenes in the country which is in the grip of the deadly Ebola disease. The death toll from Ebola has now reached 1,069 and…

"The Liberian president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, announced yesterday that their country is to receive sample doses of experimental drug, ZMapp to treat doctors infected with Ebola A statement published on Mrs Sirleaf's website on Monday…

"In Lagos, one of the nurses who came in contact with the Liberian victim has died, but the doctor is still alive while a few others are in critical condition..Also,the first case of Ebola has been reported in the middle east.The…

"Ghana has officially banned flights from 4 West African countries; Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria, citing concerns about the rapid spread of the Ebola virus, which has claimed several lives. Charles Asare, Managing Director…

"Nollywood star, Jim Iyke is in the eye of the storm as many Nigerians are calling on the country’s health authorities to subject the actor to a screening and possibly quarantine him following his recent return from Liberia which is…

"The Lagos State government has apologized for erroneously including the Nigerian Ambassador to Liberia, Chigozie Obi-Nnadozie, among those who had been in contact with the Liberian victim who died from the Ebola Virus Disease. Patr!ck…

"Arik Air on Sunday said it would suspend flight operations to Monrovia in Liberia and Freetown in Sierra-Leone on Monday following the first Ebola virus death officially confirmed in Lagos. This is disclosed in a statement issued and…

The Nigeria Police today in Abuja deployed three Formed Police Unit contingents, made up of 400 personnel, to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the African Union/United Nations’ Hybrid operation in Dafur (UNAMID), a police…