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Former Chelsea and Manchester City striker George Weah wins Liberian presidency

Legendary ex-footballer George Weah is set to become Liberia's president following a run-off election victory against opponent Joseph Boakai.

First Ebola – now mystery illness that killed 13 in Liberia linked to meningitis

Ministry of health calls for calm and says government is considering mass vaccination to tackle disease.

Eight of the 10 least happy countries in the world are in Africa, claims UN-sponsored report

World Happiness Report ranks Central African Republic, Burundi and Tanzania as 'unhappiest' African nations.

Liberia Presidential candidate George Weah admits to speaking with ex-warlord Charles Taylor

Ex-President Taylor is serving 50-year sentence for his 2012 conviction of 11 counts of war crimes.

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Meet MacDella Cooper, the former refugee running to be Liberia's next female president

Cooper exclusively speaks to IBTimes UK about her fight to survive one of Africa's bloodiest wars.

Monrovia Football Academy: How football can foster social changes in Liberia

IBTimes UK speaks with MFA president and co-founder on work to help Liberian youths achieve their dreams.

Massive 'test' cyberattacks using Mirai botnet temporarily knock out Liberia's internet

A Mirai botnet was used to flood the target with fake traffic and cripple its servers.

Why Liberia could plunge back into conflict if a historic land rights bill isn't passed

Human rights and civil society groups urge it to be adopted before 30 August 2016 to prevent armed conflict.

Ex-Chelsea and AC Milan football legend George Weah to run for president of Liberia

The former Ballon d'Or winner is already a senator and will be running for president for a second time.

Ebola: Liberian authorities call for calm after woman dies in new outbreak

The Liberian health ministry has insisted it is prepared to contain any new flare-up

Ebola: Second death reported in Sierra Leone within a week of WHO declaration

More than 100 people who came in contact with the victims are currently being assessed.

Sierra Leone boy 'dies from Ebola' hours after WHO declared West Africa free of the disease

Health ministry spokesman says the boy had tested positive for the disease.

Liberia declared Ebola-free but World Health Organization warns 'the job is not done'

The milestone signals an apparent end to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

Ebola: World's first large scale genomic analysis of virus performed

The first ever comprehensive analysis of Ebola sheds light on how to tackle future outbreaks.

Teenage activist Abraham Keita: 'I am a victim of the bloody civil war in Liberia'

Liberian activist Abraham Keita won the International Children's Peace Prize aged 17.

International Children's Peace Prize 2015: Liberian teenager Abraham Keita announced winner

Child rights activist Abraham Keita has won the International Children's Peace Prize.

Sierra Leone to be declared Ebola-free after 18-month crisis

Thousands of residents celebrate in the capital, Freetown, as Sierra Leone is declared Ebola-free.

Ebola fears rise in Liberia as two new cases of the disease confirmed

The cases bring the total of those with Ebola to five since Liberia was declared free of the disease

New cases of Ebola on rise in Guinea and Sierra Leone

As of earlier this month, 16 new Ebola cases were reported in Guinea and 15 in Sierra Leone

An Ebola survivor speaks: 'They threw me in the death house, but I escaped'

IBTimes UK tells the incredible story of Deedee, the Liberian housewife who lost her husband and baby but somehow beat Ebola.

Deadly Ebola virus lurked and grew in eye of 'cured' physician, doctors discover

Finding has serious implications for survivors of the fatal disease who could risk blindness.

'Ebola man' quarantined at US embassy in Nicaragua

Man isolated at home over fears arising from Liberia trip.

Ebola: Military nurse Anna Cross given all-clear from deadly virus

Anna Cross, 25, contracted the virus while working as a volunteer nurse in Sierra Leone.

'I'd rather have died than leave Ebola frontline': The heroic struggle of Katie Meyler

Meyler tells us how she helped fight Ebola in Liberia's capital Monrovia and became a Time Person of the Year.

Ebola Virus: Suspected Ebola case in Northampton Hospital

A spokesperson for the hospital confirmed that a woman is being treated for the virus.

An Ebola survivor's story: How a Sierra Leone orphan pulled off Christmas miracle by cheating death

IBTimes tells the story of Aminata, a promising student and beauty queen who overcame the odds and fought through to Christmas.

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