KALAMAZOO, MI -- A global surgery elective in Monrovia, Liberia was “life changing” for Western Michigan University School of Medicine (WMed) general surgery resident Raisa Gao, DO. Residents in their ...

MONROVIA, Aug 31, (UNHCR) - Paul Gbedji is a civil engineer. But the hardest thing he has ever had to build was a new life. Staring out through the pouring rain across the construction site in Liberia ...

When Josiah F. Joekai Jr., Ph.D., steps into his office in Monrovia, Liberia, he is reminded of the immense responsibility that comes with serving his country.

In 2014, an Ebola outbreak ravaged three West African countries. Now many of the same communities are facing a new health struggle: mental illness. In rural Liberia, diseases such as depression and ...

From thousands of miles away, Eugene Harmon is motivating kids in Liberia to give it their all on the soccer field — and in the classroom. Harmon, 33, is a native of Liberia, and grew up playing ...

In rural Lofa County, Liberia, at the country's northernmost tip, local radio station manager QuaQua Miller is committed to building peace where civil war once raged. He travels from village to ...

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A Liberian judge has sentenced 13 men to life in prison for “mercenary activity” in neighboring Ivory Coast, state radio reported Wednesday. The men were convicted for their ...

Thanks to incredible work and dedication, the number of children paralyzed by polio each year has fallen by more than 99% ...