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Liberia: Major Companies Pull Staff Out As Ebola Bits Economy
New Dawn, 11 August 2014
Major companies operating here have begun pulling their essential staffs out of the country as the Ebola virus which has so far claimed about 1000 lives in Liberia, Guinea and… Read more »
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Liberia: Five Counties Quarantined - State of Emergency Create Uneasiness
FrontPageAfrica, 8 August 2014
Patrick Kollie a commercial driver is stuck behind a makeshift checkpoint at Clay Junction in Bomi County. He said he has been there for hours and that the Armed Forces of Liberia… Read more »
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Liberia: Sirleaf Declares Emergency Over Ebola
New Dawn, 7 August 2014
In continuation of the Ebola fight in Liberia, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has declared a State of Emergency, effective Wednesday, August 6, 2014. Read more »
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West Africa: WHO Releases Latest Ebola Death Toll
DW, 7 August 2014
Liberia's president has declared a state of emergency in the country over the deadly Ebola outbreak, calling it a "clear and present danger." Some 300 Liberians have been infected… Read more »
Liberia Declares Ebola Emergency
The president's announcement of a state of emergency is in addition to several measures, including closure of borders as well as formation of a National Taskforce chaired by her to contain the disease, which has killed nearly 300 people.
Women in Monrovia hold a prayer gathering against Ebola by the roadside while trying to not touch each other.
InFocus
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Doctors in Saudi Arabia are testing a man who is suspected of contracting the Ebola virus during a business trip to Sierra Leone, while a Liberian has died of the disease in ... Read more »
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Many politicians who are otherwise critical of the administration of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf have now galvanized to support the government's efforts to curb the Ebola ... Read more »
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The Liberian man who is reported to have traveled to Nigeria while infected with the Ebola virus looked "terribly ill" at the airport in Monrovia and might have known he was ... Read more »
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American doctor Kent Brantly and missionary Nancy Writebol are said to be recovering after receiving a dose of an experimental serum before leaving Liberia. Read more »
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The U.S. Center for Disease Control has announced it is sending 50 disease-control experts to West Africa to help "find, respond to and stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus". Read more »
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Presidents of West African nations affected by the deadly Ebola virus are meeting in Guinea where they are expected to launch a U.S.$100 million action plan announced by the World ... Read more »
