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Monrovia

woman
The Liberian women who took on their traffickers and won
African American Mayor Mike Elliott poses in a dark gray suit
Justice
Brooklyn Center mayor on Chauvin trial: Black people can no longer tolerate ‘a state of terror’
People wait to vote during the presidential election at a polling station of Duport Road in Monrovia, Liberia, Oct. 10, 2017.
Global Politics
Former warlords are among the Liberians vying to be the next head of state
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Liberia to support President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa's only female president.
Books
How hard is it to elect a female head of state? Liberians made it look easy.
Jefferson Krua fled Liberia as a refugee at age 5, and eventually settled in Boston, MA. Recently, he's moved back to Liberia to help with re-building the country's infrastructure.
Culture
A young Liberian refugee, educated in America, chooses to move back ‘home’
Children reading "Gbagba"
Books
This children’s book is starting a national conversation about corruption in Liberia
Miatta reads
Books
Once a refugee, she’s opened one of Liberia’s few bookstores, where children can read about themselves
The blood of a survivor of the Ebola virus is extracted as part of a study launched at Liberia's John F. Kennedy Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, June 17, 2015.
Medicine
West Africa is Ebola-free. Or is it?
As the Ebola epidemic peaks, new challenges are emerging in Liberia
Health
Now that Ebola is subsiding, the question is what to do with contaminated sewage
Student at Gibson High School in Monrovia, Deborah Natt,16, is smiling to be back at school. At every entrance there is a handwashing station.
Health
As Ebola loosens grip, Liberia’s schools begin re-opening
A member of a burial team prepares to spray a colleague with chlorine disinfectant in Monrovia.
Health
Despite international aid, some Ebola workers are still ‘on the frontlines with no ammunition’
A mural in Monrovia illustrating health instructions for treating the Ebola virus.
Health
Liberians worry that next week’s elections might spread Ebola
Doctors help each other with their protective suits during an Ebola virus drill in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Health
An epidemiologist in Monrovia describes hazmat training — from hand washing to elbow bumps
Ebola evacuation
Health
An epidemiologist suggests we take cues from the AIDS crisis in dealing with Ebola
Residents who were in an Ebola quarantine area complain to a security officer as they wait for their relatives to bring them food and essentials, in West Point, Monrovia, on August 23, 2014.
Health
It’s not just the US — Liberian officials are rethinking Ebola quarantines
Nurse Deborah Wilson has recently returned from Liberia, where she worked with Doctors Without Borders to treat Ebola patients.
Medicine
An Ebola nurse faces widespread stigma after returning from Liberia
A US Coast Guard corpsman at Washington Dulles International Airport checks the temperature of a traveler from West Africa.
Health
Ebola-related precautions on flights from West Africa get praise from this Liberian
A health worker checks the temperature of a man at a roadside medical checkpoint outside Ganta, Liberia.
Health
How Liberians confronting Ebola manage to keep calm while Americans panic
Customers must wash their hands in chlorinated water before entering the boutique, Moie, owned by Patrice Juah in Monrovia, Liberia.
Health
Welcome to the ‘non-stop, nerve-wracking, temperature-taking, handshake-prohibiting Ebola ride’
US Marines have their temperatures taken upon arrival at Roberts International airport outside Monrovia, Liberia, on October 9, 2014.
Health
America’s ambassador in Liberia says progress must be quicker on Ebola
Bernice Dahn, Liberia's chief medical officer and deputy health minister, has put herself in quarantine as a precaution against Ebola after one of her assistants died from the disease.
Health
Liberia’s top doctor quarantines herself to set an example in her Ebola-ridden country
Ane Bjøru Fjeldsæter, an MSF Mental Health Manager from Norway, poses with six-year-old Ebola survivor Patrick.
Health
Ebola forges a bond between a young boy and the psychologist who helped him
Health workers carry buckets of disinfectant at the newly-constructed Island Clinic and Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia, September 25, 2014.
Medicine
New mobile clinics are helping aid workers treat Ebola patients in Liberia
Friends in Jesus African International Church
Health
Where Ebola hits home in the United States
A fan of Ivory coast holds a sign with a message against Ebola during the 2015 African Nations Cup qualifying soccer match between Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone.
Medicine
Why Ebola patients are being turned away at the gates of treatment centers in Liberia
A boy looks at posters issued by the Liberian government warning against Ebola at Duwala market in Monrovia.
Health
Liberia’s hottest hip-hop station has all the latest Ebola music and news
Liberian soldiers check people for Ebola
Health
How fear is hampering the response to the Ebola crisis
Soldiers check people traveling in Bomi County, in the northwestern portion of Liberia, on August 11, 2014.
Health
Fear in Liberia turns violent as a mob attacks an Ebola clinic
Children in Lower Johnsonville, Liberia, wash their hands
Development
A Liberian pastor tries to stop the spread of Ebola, one house at a time
Medicine
A Liberian describes the hard reality of Ebola: ‘You’re running even from people you love’
African reporter confronted with violent threats after story on female circumcision
Liberia reacts to President’s Nobel Peace Prize
Will Nobel Prize winner lose Liberian election?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Ethical clothing, made in Liberia
Arts, Culture & Media
Liberia Rebrands Itself as Cruise Destination
Conflict & Justice
Female Circumcision Temporarily Stopped in Liberia
Conflict & Justice
Reporter Threatened Over Female Circumcision Story in Liberia
Conflict & Justice
US Policy Sparks Anti-Gay Attacks in Liberia
Global Politics
Fiber Optic Cable Emerges from the Sea in Liberia
Global Politics
Monrovia Protest Turns Deadly Ahead of Liberia’s Presidential Run-off
Global Politics
Despite Nobel Prize, Sirleaf’s Re-Election Not Guaranteed
Global Politics
Reaction From Liberia on Nobel Prize
Global Politics
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — ‘Ma Ellen’ — and her Liberian Presidential Re-election Bid
Conflict & Justice
Fate of Deportees in Liberia
Business, Economics and Jobs
Trash collection in Liberia
Liberia’s forgotten prisoners