Wenger in Liberia to receive top award from Weah

By Agencies,

Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger on Thursday arrived in Liberia to a heroic reception, where he will be presented with the country's highest honour b...

Ebola: Nigeria begins screening travelers at airports

By CNN,

Nigeria's airports, seaports and land borders have been placed on high alert after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebol...

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Gor lead East African romp at CAF Confed Cup

By AFP,

Record Kenyan champions Gor Mahia FC were part of an East African quartet of clubs that made overcame their CAF Confederation Cup play-offs opponents...

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GSU, Kenya Prisons land tough draws at CAVB Games

By Stanley Mativo,

Kenya’s representative General Service Unit (GSU) and Kenya Prisons have a mountain to climb at the ongoing CAVB African Men Club Championship in Ca...

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Drogba club spring CAF Champions League surprise

By AFP,

Williamsville Athletic Club, whose board members include Ivory Coast football legend Didier Drogba, became the first surprise winners of the 2018 CAF ...

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Former Liberia President Ellen Sirleaf honoured with reputable Ibrahim prize

By AFP,

Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Monday won the rarely awarded Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership the world's bigge...

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George Weah: From football icon to Liberia president

By AFP,

George Weah emerged from Liberia's slums to become a superstar footballer in the 1990s, and has spent the last 13 years building political credibility...

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Wenger compares George Weah’s life to film script

By AFP,

Arsene Wenger has compared the life of George Weah to a film script following his former player's election as president of Liberia. Weah, who playe...

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First results expected in watershed Liberian presidential poll

By AFP,

Initial results were expected Thursday in Liberia's landmark presidential poll, the country's first democratic transfer of power in decades, pitting f...

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George Weah: ex-football star who could be Liberia’s next President

By AFP,

George Weah emerged from Liberia's slums to become a superstar footballer in the 1990s, and has leveraged his status as a revered figure among the cou...

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Fury over Pope Francis role in disgraced cardinal’s funeral

By CNN,

Pope Francis is expected to give the final blessing at the funeral Thursday of Cardinal Bernard Law, the former Boston archbishop who resigned in disg...

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Electoral Commission: Liberia to Hold Run-off Vote on Dec. 26

By VOA,

Liberia will hold a delayed presidential run-off vote on Dec. 26, the electoral commission chief said on Tuesday. Former soccer star George Weah fa...

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Liberia court indefinitely delays presidential vote

By AFP,

The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely delayed a vote for Liberia's new president, over an opposition party complaint of electoral fraud, as the vic...

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Ten sailors missing after US destroyer collision off Singapore

By AFP,

Ten US sailors were missing and five injured Monday after their destroyer collided with a tanker east of Singapore, in the second accident involving a...

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GE Launches second maternal and child health social entrepreneurship cohorts

By Mac Otani,

The Healthymagination Mother and Child Programme has announced its second cohort of social enterprises that will see those selected receive training a...

Mystery deaths in Liberia linked to funeral – WHO

By Reuters,

Nine people have died and eight are sick in Liberia after attending the funeral of a religious leader, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Fri...

After Ebola, Liberians Slowly Embrace Mental Health Care

By VOA,

Drawn-out deaths. Communities torn apart. Survivor's guilt. Patrick Fallah says his memories of the days when the Ebola virus swept through Liberia ar...

Ebola nurse’s family want to sue Liberian hospital over her death

By Reuters,

The family of a Liberian Ebola nurse named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2014 wants to sue a hospital whose staff they say were too scared t...

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Ebola nurse’s family want to sue Liberian hospital over her death

By Reuters,

The family of a Liberian Ebola nurse named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2014 wants to sue a hospital whose staff they say were too scared t...

West African leaders to visit Gambia president again amid crisis

By Reuters,

The presidents of Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia will visit Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Wednesday in a second attempt to press him to hand ov...

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