Volunteers work on the restoration of the NV Massaquoi School in West Point, Monrovia.Photo: UNMEER/Simon Ruf
Volunteers working day and night to repair the only public school in West Point, Monrovia
For over a month now, West Point residents have been landing a hand in repairing the Nathaniel Varney Massaquoi School, the only public school in the overpopulated township. Both skilled and unskilled volunteers have been…
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, SRSG and Head of UNMEER, and Dr. Bruce Aylward, WHO Assistant Director-General, on a Mission to Sierra Leone.
Photo: UNMEER/Kingsley Ighobor
UNMEER SRSG lauds school reopening in Sierra Leone, says country is set to defeat Ebola
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, welcomed the reopening of schools in Sierra Leone as a sign…
‘Dramatic’ progress in fighting Ebola must be followed by long-term recovery efforts
Intense efforts to control the Ebola outbreak in the three most-affected West African countries in will continue, the United Nations health chief said in Washington, DC today, adding that the international community is also…
In Washington, UN chief meets key US Government officials to discuss global challenges
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Washington, D.C. today where he is meeting with members of Congress and other Unites States officials to discuss the crises in Yemen and Syria and other pressing global…
Last mile of Ebola struggle 'may be most difficult,' Ban says in Washington
While there has been important progress over recent months, the Ebola epidemic remains a pressing challenge, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, stressing that on the road to eradicating the scourge the…
Ebola: UN launches push to engage more women, community leaders in fight against disease
With fresh statistics on the Ebola outbreak reflecting a halt in the decline in West Africa, the United Nations today began a campaign to engage more women – who have been disproportionately affected by the disease – as well…
How an unknown factory came to the aid of NV Massaquoi Students in West Point with a charitable donation
Not many Liberians have heard about the Liberty & Justice Factory (L&J) in Monrovia. Located in the Johansen Community, a stone’s throw away from the diplomatic enclave of Mamba Point, the factory produces clothes of all…
UN resumes vaccination drive for three million children in West Africa
For the first time since the start of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, thousands of health workers are fanning out across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in nationwide immunization campaigns with an aim to protect three…
Secretary-General appoints new acting Special Representative for UN Mission against Ebola
The United Nations Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Peter Jan Graaff of the Netherlands as the Secretary-General's Acting Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency…
New Special Representative for UN Ebola Response makes first visit to Sierra Leone
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said that surveillance and community engagement still require improvement in some areas of Guinea and Sierra Leone where new cases continued to surface, a day after the…
Security Council hears Liberia briefing as country anticipates being declared ‘Ebola-free’
Liberia is expected to be declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) within the week if no more new cases of the disease are discovered before then, the top United Nations official in Liberia said today as she…
INTERVIEW: As Liberia moves past Ebola ‘nightmare,’ security and political challenges still ahead, UN envoy cautions
As Liberia bounces back from the “national nightmare” of a devastating Ebola epidemic which claimed more than 4,000 lives, the country must also prepare for a series of future challenges – from the build-up of its security…