Liberia leader hails Obama's 'extraordinary' Ebola efforts
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf praised President Barack Obama's "extraordinary" leadership in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Kazakh peacekeepers in Western Sahara
Kazakhstani peacekeeprs talked about their daily routine in Western Sahara.
Kazakhstan not sending peacemakers to Liberia amid Ebola outbreak
Kazakhstan will not send any peacemakers to Liberia amid the outbreak of Ebola in that region.
Beds scarce, staff scarcer, in Liberia's overrun Ebola wards
What the families idling at the gate of this Ebola centre in Monrovia lack is news of the fate of their sick loved ones inside.
Philippines to repatriate UN troops in Golan, Liberia
The Philippines said it will repatriate over 400 of its troops serving as UN peacekeepers amid security threats and concerns over the Ebola virus.
Infected Ebola patients flee after attack on Liberia clinic
Seventeen Ebola patients in Liberia who fled from a guarantine centre after it was attacked by club-wielding youths were missing.
Peace Corps withdraws from W. Africa over Ebola fears
The US Peace Corps announced it was pulling hundreds of volunteers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone due to growing concerns over the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic raging in West Africa.
Two Americans, Freetown resident latest Ebola victims
Alarm soared in west Africa Monday over the deadliest Ebola virus outbreak yet, with an American doctor and a missionary contracting the disease in Liberia and the death of the first victim from Sierra Leone's capital Freetown.
Attack on Ivorian village kills 13: minister
An armed gang attacked an Ivorian village near the border with Liberia, killing three soldiers and 10 civilians, Defence Minister Paul Koffi Koffi said.
Liberia's first post-war president dies
Former Liberian president Gyude Bryant, who led a peacetime government after two ruinous back-to-back civil wars, died aged 65 on Wednesday, the government said in a statement.
Leaders call on UN to set new zero poverty target
The leaders of Britain, Indonesia and Liberia on Thursday called on the United Nations to set a target of 2030 to eradicate extreme poverty.
UN call to financial arms for new war on poverty
Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent battling extreme poverty and disease since 2000 and now the United Nations is lining up a new war on the social distress still suffered by huge numbers around the world.
Pro-Islamist elected Libya assembly chief
Libya's new national assembly late Thursday elected as its president Mohamed al-Megaryef, a staunch opponent of Moamer Kadhafi's overthrown regime who is seen as being pro-Islamist.
