Liberia
Guinea declares end to latest Ebola outbreak that killed 12

By Carley Petesch Jun. 19, 2021 08:59 AM EDT
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea has declared an end to an Ebola outbreak that emerged in February and killed 12 people, according to the...

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 01:03 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 31 The Wall Street Journal on ‘melodrama’ in Texas...

FILE - In this Monday, March 29, 2021 file photo, numbers are handed out to people waiting to receive the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Ndirande Health Centre in Blantyre Malawi. Some Africans are hesitating to get COVID-19 vaccines amid concerns about their safety, alarming public health officials as some countries start to destroy thousands of doses that expired before use. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi, File)
In Africa, vaccine hesitancy adds to slow rollout of doses

By Rodney Muhumuza Apr. 27, 2021 02:13 AM EDT

FILE - This undated colorized transmission electron micrograph file image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows an Ebola virus virion. The World Health Organization said Thursday Feb. 18, 2021 that it will be sending more than 11,000 Ebola vaccinations to the West African nation of Guinea in the coming days to combat the recent epidemic of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has been declared in the country's southern N'Zerekore region. (Frederick Murphy/CDC via AP, File)
WHO says more than 11,000 Ebola vaccines will go to Guinea

By Carley Petesch Feb. 18, 2021 08:30 AM EST

FILE- In this Nov. 20, 2014 file photo, an MSF Ebola heath worker is sprayed as he leaves the contaminated zone at the Ebola treatment centre in Gueckedou, Guinea. Guinea has officially declared an Ebola epidemic Monday Feb. 15, 2021, after at least three people have died and others have been infected in the West African nation. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay-File)
Guinea declares Ebola epidemic, neighboring countries act

By Carley Petesch Feb. 15, 2021 11:31 AM EST

In this photo made from UNTV video, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, at UN Headquarters. (UNTV Via AP )
Women's issues at UN: Still 'too low down on the agenda'

By Jennifer Peltz Sep. 29, 2020 06:39 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, June 11, 2009 file photo, the logo of the World Health Organization is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization to review the U.N. health agency’s coordination of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic said on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 it would have full access to any internal U.N. agency documents, materials and emails necessary as the group begins their probe. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, file)
Members named to panel probing WHO's pandemic response

By Maria Cheng Sep. 03, 2020 09:57 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2007 file photo, an unidentified worker inspects collected latex at the Firestone rubber plantation near Monrovia, Liberia. In 2020 the rubber industry in Liberia has gotten so bad that some farmers are cutting down their rubber trees with hopes of producing palm oil instead and Firestone recently announced plans to lay off 374 people with the company citing the impact of the global COVID-19 economic crisis among other factors. (AP Photo/George Osodi, File)
Future for Liberia's rubber farmers shaky amid economic woes

By Jonathan Paye-Layleh Aug. 22, 2020 07:51 AM EDT

Liberia vice president flies to Ghana for medical treatment

By Jonathan Paye-Layleh Aug. 12, 2020 08:21 AM EDT
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia's vice president and former first lady, Jewel Howard-Taylor, has been flown to Ghana to for medical treatment after developing...

WHO chief taps ex-leaders to head COVID-19 response panel

Jul. 09, 2020 08:36 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Thursday that former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former New Zealand Prime...

FILE - In this Sunday, March 21 2009 file photo, Sudanese refugees gather behind the Oxfam logo at the site of the looted compound of the expelled British aid group, Oxfam at Al Salam refugee camp, outside the Darfur town of al-Fasher, Sudan. Oxfam, one of the world’s leading aid agencies, is to severely curtail its work around the world because of the financial strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic, including the closure of operations in 18 countries at the potential cost of over 1,000 jobs. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
Shock and sadness as Oxfam plans exit from 18 countries

By Pan Pylas May. 21, 2020 06:50 AM EDT

In this photo taken Friday, May 15, 2020, a follower of the Senegalese Mouride brotherhood, an order of Sufi Islam, films with his smartphone as he and others practice social distancing as they attend Muslim Friday prayers at West Africa's largest mosque the Massalikul Jinaan, in Dakar, Senegal. A growing number of mosques are reopening across West Africa even as confirmed coronavirus cases soar, as governments find it increasingly difficult to keep them closed during the holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)
As mosques reopen in West Africa, COVID-19 fears grow

By Krista Larson May. 17, 2020 04:55 AM EDT

In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, Joselia Kollie, who is the daughter of a popular gospel singer, explains how she desires to spread developmental messages through music with a song reminding Liberians of how much the country already has been through, in Gbarnga, Liberia. Liberian radio stations are getting the word out about how to prevent coronavirus, and one tune here is especially gaining praise: The person singing it is only 9 years old. (AP Photo/Jonathan Paye-Layleh)
Liberian girl's song about COVID-19 being played on radio

By Jonathan Paye-Layleh May. 06, 2020 03:31 AM EDT